The largest African archaeological association in the world, the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, has elected Professor Akinwumi Ogundiran as its 18th president. He is the first Nigerian to lead the
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday and no tomorrow.
Epic Yoruba film, “Jagun Jagun”, is set for release on Aug. 10 by subscription video on-demand streaming giant, Netflix. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Netflix Nigeria made
By Toyin Falola Within the field of African literature, the famous figure of Professor Kole Omotoso stands out as a luminary, exemplifying extraordinary intellectual acumen, firm ethical convictions, and
By Toyin Falola I was passing by a street in Ibadan when I heard a woman speaking to a goat in the Yoruba language: Ìwo ewúré yìí, a bó
Professor of English and renowned writer, Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, popularly known as Kole Omotoso, has died at 80 in Cape Town, South Africa. He had lived in Centurion, Gauteng, South
By Toyin Falola Professor Felix Ekechi, an eminent historian, died on July 14, 2023, at 89. He was many things to many people−a teacher, scholar, legend, community leader, father, husband,
By Wale Okediran ‘’Wale, No formal programme please. I was alarmed when I read, in one of your earlier mail, something like “the programme will begin at something o’clock
By Toyin Falola Na only God fit save us from this kontry. Which kain wahala be this? Cried Ejiro, a forty-year-old commercial road transport worker. To unsuspecting individuals, his outcry
By Toyin Falola My book, Citizenship and the Diaspora in the Digital Age: Farooq Kperogi and the Virtual Community, received its first attention on June 15, 2023, at a conference
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