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Changing the attacking and defending relationship of white and black folks
Written by Ozodi Osuji Ph.D
This essay points out that there seem implicit contract between white and black folks so that whenever they interact white folks try to humiliate black folks by discriminating against them. It says that whatever is the origin of his bizarre situation that the insulted tend to feel angry and seek…
Is Russia Guilty Of Violating International Law By Sending Troops To Crimea?
Written by Wunmi Akintide Ph.D
The one good thing about America is the recognition that Americans like their Yoruba counterpart “do not sleep with their heads pointing in the same direction”. Where 5 Yorubas are gathered to debate any issue of interest to them, you could have as many as 7 or 8 opinions. By…
The Evil That Men Do……Does Not Mean Anything in Nigeria
Written by Akintokunbo Adejumo
This article is not meant to hold brief or a rejoinder for Prof Wole Soyinka – I am most confident he, and others, can do this for himself more effectively than me; rather it is to seek to protect Nigerians from the insult and onslaught of the spectre of brazen…
An Overkill of Representation for the National Conference
Written by Wunmi Akintide Ph.D
Let me begin this observation by giving credit to whom credit is due. President “Azikiwe” Jonathan deserves commendation by finally agreeing to let the National Conference go forward at last. He probably realized that not doing so was tantamount to postponing the evil day for Nigeria. It will be recalled…
A Naval Officer Beat Me Up… So What?
Written by Okachikwu Dibia
“…I beat him up, yes, this old man who does not respect his gray hairs, I beat him up because he did “waka” to me and said that he will call police for me. You should thank your God that I did not have my gun with me, I would…
The GOP Is Doing More Harm to America than Vladimir Putin (Part 1)
Written by Wunmi Akintide Ph.D
I own much of what I know today to my education in Nigeria, my education in Britain but more so to my education the United States. The fact that I am even alive I owe first and foremost to the special grace of God my creator and the Alfa and…
Why the West would not go to war with Russia
Written by Ozodi Osuji Ph.D
My dear Dr. Gloria Johnson: Here is my response to your request that I write something on the seeming looming war between the West and Russia. I do not think, in fact, I know that the USA is not going to go to war with Russia. Why? Russia has enough…

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Michael Dunn versus Jordan Davis: Mistrial in the American Jury system is a euphemism for acquittal or Justice delayed
Written by Wunmi Akintide Ph.D
In my next life, if I ever have a choice in it, I am going to be an attorney. I never thought I would ever have to do another Trayvon Martin versus Zimmerman type of article before Governor Crist of Florida and the other Republican Governors across the country would…
The world's empires of fear and terrorism
Written by Ozodi Osuji Ph.D
Human beings live in body. They know that their bodies are vulnerable to harm and to death. Our bodies can be harmed by other people; indeed, if other people want to do so they can destroy our bodies. Because we are aware that other people and things in the environment…
What really is A course in miracles teaching?
Written by Ozodi Osuji Ph.D
A course in miracles teaches that God projected himself into you and all of us as his son; he projected into infinite sons, all of whom are part of his oneself and share his one mind. God sees his infinite sons as the same, equal and one. To God he…
Impact of Cultural Changes in Nigeria Politics - Femi Fabiyi & Akintokunbo A Adejumo
Written by Akintokunbo Adejumo
Politics is likened to a basket of investment portfolio. As Investors focus on financial returns on their investments, so do political god-fathers expect some sorts of dividends for investing in a candidate. Culture, on the other hand is a creative character that forms the gestures and values embedded in our…

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Vilfredo Pareto: Men of Ideas
Written by Ozodi Osuji Ph.D
Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) was an Italian economist who did significant work on income distribution and individual choices. He demonstrated that in most economies a handful of the population, 20 percent of the population, seems to have as much as the…

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Reforming the Unreformable Lessons from Nigeria: Book Review by Taiwo Adeogu
Written by ChatAfrik BookClub
It is a handy book that fits well into the genre of “How to Dos”, except for the fact that it belongs to the higher-level-academic/career niche, where only the best inhabit and saunter without much trouble. But apart from its…

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Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
Written by ChatAfrik BookClub
Review When he was 4 years old, spurred by insatiable curiosity and the beat of a marching drum, Wole Soyinka slipped silently through the gate of his parents' yard and followed a police band to a distant village. This was…

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