Speech delivered by Professor Wole Soyinka at the “Never Again Conference” organised by the Nzuko Umunna and Ndigbo, to mark the 50 years after the Nigerian Civil War on Monday, January 13 at the MUSON Centre, Onikan Lagos). Last year October, about a week after the nation space that we have generously agreed to refer to as Nigeria, celebrated her 59th year of Independence … [Read more...] about Soyinka @ “Never Again Conference” – 50years after Biafra Civil War
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Great Wole Soyinka joins UJ as visiting professor
Written by Azizzar Mosupi The University of Johannesburg’s Humanities Faculty has received the Midas Touch with the addition of Nobel Prize winner‚ Professor Wole Soyinka. Nigerian-born Soyinka‚ the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature‚ joins the university as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. Professor Alex Broadbent‚ Executive Dean of the … [Read more...] about Great Wole Soyinka joins UJ as visiting professor
Wole Soyinka – Great Collective conscience of Now
Wole Soyinka – Great Collective conscience of NowBy Emeka Chiakwelu The quest endures frills not space as it fillsWords really have meaning in the hands of a warrior chroniclerA brilliant mind that free words to be activeNever knew words have momentumYes buttress the society with words with consequencesYou liberated the words and liberated Blackism Africanism survives … [Read more...] about Wole Soyinka – Great Collective conscience of Now
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICANS IN 21ST CENTURY
Afripol Most Influential Africans Nelson Mandela: A symbol of freedom to the emerging continent and Mandela has become the conscience of the world. Mandela is a role model for a goodwill mindset; embracing reconciliation, forgiveness and unity in his native South Africa. The troubled continent littered with wars and disturbances needs Mandela's methodology for making … [Read more...] about THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICANS IN 21ST CENTURY
Nigeria: A Case of Political Abattoir
Written by Sunny Lawrence-Oputa It was the famous poet, Robert Burns that said, “Man’s inhumanity to man, makes countless thousands mourn.” Inhumanity is callousness, deprivation, oppression or an ungodly act of one man to another. It is an epitome of cave-man’s mentality; a dysfunctional behavior that should be shunned in any civilized society. Therefore, the brutality that … [Read more...] about Nigeria: A Case of Political Abattoir