Re: Lagos – Nigeria needs to have an honest conversation with itself

Nigeria needs to have an honest conversation with itself; and most specifically Nigeria’s elite – especially those to be in power for the next eight to sixteen years – as well as those who occupy a place in the council of state – need to have an honest conversation with themselves about how tenable the…

Jagaban is first directly elected president of Nigeria’s fourth republic

Nigeria’s fourth post-restoration election has resulted in the election of its first mono-religious presidential team; Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a Muslim from the South-West, and Kashim Shettima, a Muslim from the North-East won the election in a closely fought race that many expected would result in a run-off, due to the presence, for the first time…

New C.A.R.R

Nigeria and Africa needs a new  C.C.A.R.R movement of civil, civic action, rights and responsibilities movement  There’s no doubt that all over the world and within Nigeria itself, many people are concerned about the future direction of the country and its cultures, especially because as the largest Black Africa nation its culture, values and positions…

What sex work has to do with who you vote or rep for in Nigeria’s Presidential election – Odele Meji Alaga

Nigeria is not a simple country and the choice of the correct president is not a simple one; in the context of its recent social and economic history, most of the aspirants would be a worthy candidate for president;  broadly speaking, Nigeria is a country where divides are ideological, generational, economic and ethnic; it is…

Colin Firth: The thinking man’s crumpet

Das Juvenal: Breaking out of the leftist funk

We argue history is moved forward by the contestation and agreement of different bio-social classes for social and biological reproduction without the risk of death; the medical and information revolution of the past 1000 years has resulted in the liberation of previously constrained bio-social classes, and changed the material conditions of life, with a consequent…

Google Translate has a problem

Firstly, I enjoy Google Translate – Alphabet’s tool for translation; it works fairly well for basic translation into languages that have a certain level of global dominance or ubiquity; however, there is firstly, the problem that it doesn’t cover a vast swathe of languages – which is partly Google’s problem and partly the problem of…

How to listen to Sunny – Dami Ajayi

King Sunny Ade with poet, journalist and psychiatrist, Dami Ajayi, M.D. Press play – yeah, that’s easy. But here’s the dilemma: press play to what; where do you begin? His last international album, Baba Mo Tunde, or his first local hit, Challenge Cup? The little known first single ‘Alanu ni Baba’ that sold about 13…

C.J. Obasi’s ‘Mami Wata’ wins at Sundance for Cinematography

Nigerian director, C.J.Obasi has won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography at The 2023 Sundance Film Festival for his film “Mami Wata”. The award to the film’s cinematographer, Lili Soares, cited the film’s “ richness of…black and white images, combined with the intricate and intimate camerawork of both the performances and natural…

In Vigorous Defense of Bland Food – By Makena Onjerika

Meat on grill by Rodnae Media via Pexels Over the years, I have seen way too many non-Kenyans screw up their faces at a first taste of ugali—that divine mound of maize meal pounded to submission in merciless, boiling water and left to suffer on the flame in its stainless steel sufuria until it exudes…