Opinion

A rudderless continent?  

In South Side Adesokan’s second novel, he has succeeded in writing a smorgasbord of a novel that parades the movers and shakers of the African continent. The villains, the saints, heroes and the depressed and oppressed. He has in this one novel told the story of the continent in a masterful way that encompasses all that have ailed and continue to hold the continent down. If you want to know why Africa is not great, why it is going to be great, how to make it great, who are those blocking its greatness, how do we deal with them

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Archaeology of madness

By Wole Olujobi “Okonkwo is the conscience of an embattled race in the dialectic of history, discuss,” screamed Professor Adebayo Williams to us his Literary Studies students at the University

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Migration and Regional Identities

By Toyin Falola Regarding how people engage with sites and cultures, migration has long been a hot issue. While some people relocate due to challenging circumstances, others migrate willingly, driven

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A war without end

Only the dead have seen the end of war- George Santayana (A review of The Road to the Country, Chigozie Obioma, Masobe Books, Lagos, 2024) The Nigeria civil war (1967-70)

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