Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success – African proverb (Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation, Bola Dauda and Toyin Falola, Bloomsbury Academic, New York,
By Toyin Falola There is always a community of Afro-pessimistic scholars, occasionally joined by their in-house accomplices, who assert that the unity and togetherness that Africans try to muster
Babcock University, the Isaac Delano Foundation, and Pan-African University Press have announced the 2022 Finalists for the Isaac Oluwole Delano Prize for Yoruba Studies. The prize was instituted to reward
By Toyin Falola As I read through the first few pages of Emeritus Professor Anthony Asiwaju’s Bridging African Boundaries: Cross-Border Areas and Regional Integration in Comparative History and Policy
By Dul Johnson Those born between 1950 and 1970 are Nigeria’s midnight’s children. They are the special ones born in the period surrounding Nigeria’s independence in 1960. They are the
Debo Adedayo: Skit, Culture, and Politics BY Toyin Falola This is the final interview report with Debo Adedayo (alias Mr. Macaroni) on June 12, 2022. Viewership figures on television,
This is the interview report with Debo Adedayo on June 12, 2022. Viewership figures on television, radios, and over a dozen platforms reached over fifteen million by June 15, 2022.
By Dul Johnson The time-honoured saying that the pen is mightier than the sword remains a fact. The media is a powerful group in the 2023 project. The media
For us Indians, I don’t think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can – Kailash Kher By Olayinka Oyegbile Last week, India once
By Toyin Falola It was at a dinner with the late J. J. Rawlings, the late President of Ghana that I knew who Olufunmilayo Olonisakin is. Rawlings was boasting
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