Openness as a Means of Survival

by Chielozona Eze

“The wayfarer must learn how the citizens of a place of his sojourn live. This is the first rule of survival. Know the people’s stories, their language, what they worship, what makes them happy or afraid. The first act of survival lies in literally asking the people: “tell me your story.”

Reflections on Migration and the Black Diaspora

by Maik Nwosu

"The idea of blackness as a singularized category has always been a simplification or negation of the available evidence, and nothing seems to have made that clearer than recent black migration flows."

Wole Soyinka at 87

by Chris Dunton

"At the age of 87, Soyinka is proving to be as feisty and combative as ever. One recent and very attractive example of this is his commentary on the fouling of democratic practice in the run-up to Uganda’s January 2021 Presidential election."

In Favor of Specificity

by Eniola Anuoluwapo Soyemi

"But to submit to specificity requires also admitting that, at present, political theory is, by and large, no less in the business of setting and reproducing tastes and preferences than are the judges of a cooking competition."

Between Europeans and Africans: The Metaphysics of the Mind

by Kenneth Usongo

"Whether it is dismissed or accepted by some, Shakespeare and Achebe's acknowledgment of it as a significant element in exposing human behavior is undisputed."

Earning Sovereign Status

by Uchenna Okeja

"Asking whether sovereignty should be earned through superior performance in the spheres of the economy and governance is a way to change the narrative. It is cogent to raise this question because it presents a way to frame accountability in understandable terms."

 

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