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  • When Awolowo and Akintola Fought in the Moon

    When Awolowo and Akintola Fought in the Moon

    In the heat of the political imbroglio which birthed the notorious operation wetie (operation wet it) in which a lot of arson was committed by supporters of both politicians, there arose different urban legends about Awolowo and Akintola and how they were trying to outdo each other, even with the help of the extraterrestrials, in… Read more

  • Why Do I See you in English, Mother?

    Why Do I See you in English, Mother?

    I am afraid those memories are replica of replica – or are memories not in themselves reconstruction of what had happened? Read more

  • Meeting Abdulrazak Gurnah the First Time

    Meeting Abdulrazak Gurnah the First Time

    My immediate reaction to his win bordered on perplexity and would shift to saddening shame, only redeemed somewhat later-later when it was clear that nobody seemed to know the man, except very few whose knowledge of him could never have nudged them to think he’d ever be considered, let alone announced as winner of the… Read more

  • I Am, Because You Are: Unbridled Humanity and the Pandemic

    I Am, Because You Are: Unbridled Humanity and the Pandemic

    By Yusuff Uthman Adekola humanity is a phenomenon hinged on shared existence, slung like a bag around the firm shoulders of responsibility, of trust, of love, of compassion and of honour. The first time I would open my eyes, let out a cry of life and be called a human, I did not do it Read more

  • The Last Wedding Anniversary by Abimbola Dare review – Last Can be Redemptive First

    The Last Wedding Anniversary by Abimbola Dare review – Last Can be Redemptive First

    Dare’s greatest feat, in The Last Wedding Anniversary, could be said to be the way she has masterfully steered the course of its plots, when she could just have settled for an easy, tried and tested, escapist hurtle towards an otherwise anticipated story-end. Read more

  • BEFORE YOU SAY NO… [or: I AM RIGHT; YOU ARE WRONG]

    BEFORE YOU SAY NO… [or: I AM RIGHT; YOU ARE WRONG]

    world is now in our palm. We cannot feign ignorance to the fact that there are around eight billion human beings in the world with several differing cultural backgrounds and experiences which have informed their beliefs, aspirations and worldview. Read more