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A CONVERSATION WITH DR. OBADIAH MAILAFIA

August 19, 2021

(This is the first report on the interview with Dr. Obadiah Mailafia on August 15, 2021. Well attended, the number of a live audience was 1.3 million on six

Descent from humanism: Literature, music, and the media

August 18, 2021

By Professor Olu Obafemi Many would agree that when the core principles and values inherent in humanism–rationality, reason, compassion, human dignity, fellow-feeling, freedom, love, and kindness–are in deficit in society,

It’s time for our universities begin to serve us

August 16, 2021

By Emmanuel Onoja Education liberates the mind. It illuminates the mind. Whoever is not literate is to thought to be in the dark. The beauty of education is that, it

Planned increase in education budget still a long shot from what Nigerians need, says CAPPA

August 16, 2021

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Federal Government’s plan to increase the annual budgetary allocation to education by 50% within the next two years but

‘Three and a half decades after we parted in Nigeria, I met my brother again in America’

August 11, 2021

It was palpable joy when Taiwo Abiodun, a Nigerian journalist who recently relocated to America, met his brother, Professor Rowland Abiodun in Amherst, more than three decades after the brother

A CONVERSATION WITH Dr. OBADIAH MAILAFIA, PART 1

August 10, 2021

The Power of Positive Difference: Dr. Obadiah Mailafia and His Nigeria By Toyin Falola Having intellectual capacity is associated with some people who have dedicated their time to the pursuit

A CONVERSATION WITH SEGUN ODEGBAMI, PART 5

August 10, 2021

Mathematical 7 Goes on Stage: Segun Odegbami, Abeokuta, and the Making of “Ayinla” by Tunde Kelani PART 5 THE EAGLE LANDED ON PLANET NOLLYWOOD

A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR PAUL ZELEZA, PART 8 of 8

August 10, 2021

Preface This final piece marks Zeleza’s end of term as Vice Chancellor of United States International University in Kenya. PART A THE INTERVIEW (Unedited Transcript) What

A cut too deep to heal (for Pius Adesanmi)

August 9, 2021

By Olayinka Oyegbile (Wreaths for a Wayfarer: An anthology of poems in honour of Pius Adesanmi (1972-2019), 2020) It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI, PART 4

August 6, 2021

Dr. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Breaking the Chains of Patriarchy Through Feminism By Toyin Falola The patriarchal paradigm of the society marginalizes and even dehumanizes women, particularly in Africa. Culture,

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