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Thoughts on Approaches to the Study of Nigeria (and Africa Generally)

Posted By: adminon: January 11, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: African development, Afro beats, Bjorn Beckman and Gunilla Andrae, Botswana, Brazil, Columbia, Containerisation, CORRUPTION, Home market, Industrialists, Jamaica, LAGOS, Mexico, Poverty, Sierra Leone, Social scientists, SOUTH AFRICA, Trinidad, Uganda, Underdevelopment, UNRISDNo CommentsViews:
Thoughts on Approaches to the Study of Nigeria (and Africa Generally)

In Three Surprises From Our Two-Week Visit to Nigeria, Dr. Yusuf Bangura and wife “were struck by the easy availability of well processed and packaged foods with local flavours; the se... Read more

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A Potential ‘Grass to Grace’ Classic

Posted By: adminon: September 03, 2024In: SpectacleTags: African readers, Amazon, Ambassador Yvette Stevens, Emancipation, Sierra Leone, UNNo CommentsViews:
A Potential ‘Grass to Grace’ Classic

Intervention has not read the book but the bits clearly speaks to it as a potential classic of the grass to grace paradigm. While awaiting the read, the teasers from Amazon’s promo is sugges... Read more

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An Enjoyable and Soulful Evening with Azania Noah—the talented Sierra Leonean Songstress Swiss Watch Passport Described as a ‘Muse Phenomenon’

Posted By: adminon: May 31, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: All as One Children’s Centre, Jerusalema, R & B, Shakira, Sierra Leone, Zangaléwa, ‘Sweet MbargaNo CommentsViews:
An Enjoyable and Soulful Evening with Azania Noah—the talented Sierra Leonean Songstress Swiss Watch Passport Described as a ‘Muse Phenomenon’

By Yusuf Bangura A few hours ago, Azania Noah performed almost to a full house at the Arts Centre of the Geneva International School. It was a delightful, relaxing and memorable evening of b... Read more

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Anglophone Escapes Africa’s Current Coup Wave As Sierra Leone Arrests Coup Leaders

Posted By: adminon: November 27, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: British West Africa, ECOWAS, French West Africa, President Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, USNo CommentsViews:
Anglophone Escapes Africa's Current Coup Wave As Sierra Leone Arrests Coup Leaders

The authorities in Sierra Leone says it has arrested the leaders of a security breach that started early Sunday, November 26th, 2023 with troops attacking a major armoury obviously to captur... Read more

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On Sierra Leone’s Election into the UN Security Council

Posted By: adminon: June 07, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Britain, France, Kurt Waldheim, Republic of China, Russia, Salim Ahmed Salim, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, UNSC, USNo CommentsViews:
On Sierra Leone's Election into the UN Security Council

By Yusuf Bangura Sierra Leone was elected into the UN Security Council June 6th, 2023. That is as a non-permanent member. The UN Security Council is composed of 15 members—five (US, Russia,... Read more

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Davido’s Timeless Album Dominates Apple Music Album Streaming Platforms Across the World

Posted By: adminon: April 02, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Afrobeats, Dancehall, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana’s Apple chart, R&B/soul, Rhumba, Shatta Wale, Sierra Leone, Western music in AfricaNo CommentsViews:
Davido’s Timeless Album Dominates Apple Music Album Streaming Platforms Across the World

By Yusuf Bangura When my nephew in Freetown informed me two days ago that Davido’s Timeless album was Number 3 on the United States Apple Music Top Albums chart, I had to check the chart mys... Read more

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African Players to a Rescue That Sadly Didn’t Happen

Posted By: adminon: December 19, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Black players, Didier Deschamps, French team, Japan, NIGERIA, Sierra LeoneNo CommentsViews:
African Players to a Rescue That Sadly Didn’t Happen

The French coach Didier Deschamps did something amazing and historic in his substitutions against Argentina: He took out all the white players (apart from Lloris, the goalkeeper) and fielded... Read more

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Sierra Leonean Government Gets Disappointing Rating in Crisis Management

Posted By: adminon: August 14, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: Africans, Asians, AU, Developmental dictatorship, ECOWAS, Highhandedness, Julius Mada Bio, Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Security sector reform, Sierra LeoneNo CommentsViews:
Sierra Leonean Government Gets Disappointing Rating in Crisis Management

Reports from Sierra Leone is indicating colossal failure in handling the revolt that jolted the country, Africa and the world all of last week. Well located sources and major global media ou... Read more

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Urban Riots Across Sierra Leone Trigger Fears of a West African Spring (Or Is It Summer?)

Posted By: adminon: August 11, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Arab Spring, Freetown, GWOT, NIGERIA, Sierra Leone, ‘African condition’No CommentsViews:
Urban Riots Across Sierra Leone Trigger Fears of a West African Spring (Or Is It Summer?)

Urban riots which kicked off peacefully last Monday have reached violent crescendo as for the government to clamp curfew on the country. Curfew is now running from 7 pm to 7 am unlike when i... Read more

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A Review of Kike Ojo’s Fire in The Wind

Posted By: adminon: December 05, 2020In: BookspaceTags: Fourabay College, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Street Children NGONo CommentsViews:
A Review of Kike Ojo's Fire in The Wind

Publishers:  Kraft Books, Ibadan Year of Publication:  2020 Number of Pages: 218 Reviewers: Chukwuemeka E. Onukaogu and Chijioke Uwasomba Just exactly two years after the publication of her... Read more

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