It is still the season of tributes to leading African writer, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, all of which he is no more in a position to read and (dis)agree with. Below is, however, the piece that was pu... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja If the Kenyan writer did not die the way he did, he wouldn’t be who he is: layers and layers of mystique. Otherwise, is it another coincidence that he set on the journey of n... Read more
Rhizomatic moment is the inescapable grammar for capturing the discontinuously interconnected issues, situations, people, outcomes, models, symbols, memories and even facts that tie together... Read more
A revised version of an article written some years back, this piece by Abubakar Aliyu Liman, Professor of Comparative Literature and Popular Culture at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nig... Read more
The coloniality of power (the structure, mechanisms, processes, regimes and models of the world order) which serves as the condition of possibility for imperialism is a settled issue. What i... Read more
A time of widespread discontent and temptations to violence as at today forces back to memory the portion of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s speech to the Arewa House ‘State of the Nation’ Confere... Read more
Nigerian nationalism is on warpath against those seeking to rule the country trooping to a UK platform with ties to the Empire imagination. The argument against such trend can be powerful wh... Read more
Time and tide would seem to have taken the sting out of this contention by US based radical Sociologist, Professor James Petras. The blast from the scholar – activist extraordinaire is... Read more
Originally titled “We are their heirs”, the text below is the remarks by Prof. Omotoye Olorode at the end of the commemorative public lecture organised by comrades to mark his 80th birthday... Read more
“I was in the East – end of London (a working class quarter) yesterday and I attended a meeting of non-employed. I listened to the wild speeches which were just a cry for “bread! Bread!! And... Read more
