Achebe and the ‘innocence’ of mortuary narratives
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:31
- Written by Jideofor Adibe
The recent transition of literary giant Albert Chinualumogu Achebe has led to an uncommon outpouring of encomiums. Achebe’s transition came less than a year after his last major work, There was a country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012) has stirred controversy in the country. His critics argued that the work diminished him
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Between strongmen and strong institutions
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- Published on Friday, 08 March 2013 22:11
- Written by Jideofor Adibe
“Across Africa, we've seen countless examples of people taking control of their destiny, and making change from the bottom up…. History is on the side of these brave Africans, not with those who use coups or change constitutions to stay in power. Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions.” These were part of the remarks by
APC: Determination or desperation?
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- Published on Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:29
- Written by Jideofor Adibe
The recent announcement by the leading opposing parties that they were dissolving their parties in favour of a mega party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) took Nigerians by surprise. True, Nigerians were not unaware of its coming but very few expected that it would emerge that fast. In the country’s political history, talks of
Governor Aliyu’s Challenge
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 10:47
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Politics is in the air and jostling for 2015 has simply begun in earnest. Anyone telling you otherwise is either living in another planet, trying to undercut the competition or simply being dishonest. We saw another evidence of this when Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, who is also the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum
Sanusi has raised a very important question but…
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- Published on Friday, 04 January 2013 11:25
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Whenever Lamido Sanusi Lamido says anything, be it an ordinary ‘good morning’, then it has to be like Sanusi Lamido Sanusi – dramatic, colourful, controversial and ‘roforofo’. The most controversial Central Bank Governor in the country’s history is very adept in raising very critical questions but not always successful in providing the right
