Arts

Serges Kamga: Pains, Pleasures, and Pathways

April 7, 2025

By Toyin Falola (I) – Aríkúyẹrí On a cold morning, a tender heart watched Jericho fall again with scars that wouldn’t fade, reminding him of the memory of loss When

Businessman allegedly pierces another’s eye with car key

April 4, 2025

Mr Olanrewaju Àdelegan, the Chief Magistrate, Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State, on Friday ordered remand of a businessman, Ogooluwa Monehin, for allegedly piercing another man’s eye with a

Use tourism to boost foreign exchange earnings, Nwoko tells govt

April 4, 2025

Senator Ned Nwoko has urged the Federal Government to explore Nigeria’s rich tourism potential to boost its foreign revenue earning. Nwoko, who represents Delta North Senatorial District in the National

Falola to speak at University of the Free State Law Faculty

April 4, 2025

By Our Staff Writer Professor Toyin Falola, a recipient of the honorary Doctor of Law, University of Calgary, will deliver the Keynote Address at the 2025 Recognition of Achievement Ceremony

Paul Lovejoy: A Celebration

April 1, 2025

By Toyin Falola On Thursday, April 03rd, 2025, The Harriet Tubman Institute and the Department of History, York University, Canada, will host a book launch and retirement celebration for Professor

Is History Actually Kind?

March 22, 2025

By Toyin Falola Let me begin with a lesson on history! Non-professional historians lack the expertise to differentiate history from fiction, not necessarily because they do not have the requisite

AYO OLUKOTUN: MO GBỌ́ OHÙN RẸ NÍNÚ AFẸ́FẸ́

March 17, 2025

By Toyin Falola Ẹmọ́ kú, ojú òpó dí Àfèrèmọ̀jò kú, ẹnu ìṣà ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ Ọ́pálámbá ọtí eèbọ̀ fọ́, Onígbàsọ ò ri sọ̀ Olukotun lọ, n ò ri mọ́. Ìwọ Òrẹ́

Power, Privilege and Philosophy in Africa

March 17, 2025

By Toyin Falola Though they have always been defining aspects of human civilization, power and privilege have quite different expressions depending on the time, location, and situation. In Africa, the

Never again!!!

March 11, 2025

‘Never again’ is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out…. – Jon Corzine (A Review of Adventures of a Guerrilla Journalist, Babafemi Ojudu, 2024)

Reading Achebe through historical lens

February 18, 2025

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place ― Chinua Achebe (A review of Chinua Achebe Narrating

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