Arts

Ayo, Omo Olukotun, O dabo!

January 9, 2023

By Olu Obafemi Ore re ti gbo Oba re re Aghoin bo. No matter for how long The wanderer of the forest Will roam and roam But return

Ayo Olukotun: Everything Will Rest

January 9, 2023

By Toyin Falola Prof Olukotun The yellow ball of the sky sits on the clouds, watching mortal affairs Some say the sun has blessed their day when it shines Others

TF at 70: A Heart Full of Appreciation

January 9, 2023

By Toyin Falola For many people, age 70 is a point of celebration. They invite several individuals to felicitate with them for what they have been through, what they have

By Toyin Falola Nigeria is experiencing economic issues due to poor planning, ineffective policies, poor leadership, and many other factors. Despite the country’s abundant natural and human resources, the

TF at 70: A Meditation on Nothingness

January 1, 2023

By Toyin Falola On this day, I celebrate the day I came to this world This day, family, friends, and colleagues rejoice With me Do they not know a

A Harbinger: Honouring Ayo Olukotun

December 31, 2022

By Toyin Falola I want to enter the new year by celebrating a living legend who will continue to influence us in the years ahead. In my forthcoming long book,

Serve Me Breakfast! Part 2

December 30, 2022

By Toyin Falola Last night It was you and I and crackles and vodka And a sky full of stars It was two truths confessed I had cheated

“Serve me Breakfast!” Part 1

December 25, 2022

By Toyin Falola When my friend, Dr Yemi Ijaola, Cardiologist at UCH, Ibadan, visited me some weeks ago in November, I offered to “serve her breakfast” and asked what

FROM PRESIDENTS TO SOLDIERS TO NATIONS

December 19, 2022

Musikilu Mojeed, The Letterman (A Review, Part 2) BY TOYIN FALOLA The second part of the review of The Letterman focuses on the series of letters written by

Honouring Professor Akinjide Osuntokun

December 16, 2022

(A review of Africa and the Challenge of Underdevelopment: A Festschrift in Honour of Akinjide Osuntokun) By Toyin Falola On April 25, 2022, I confessed my desire for the personality

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