In African folklore, the tortoise is often portrayed as clever, cunning, and duplicitous. One popular fable tells of the tortoise who, hungry and desperate,...
The English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, is best remembered for his grim depiction of
human life in the absence of order, “nasty, brutish, and short.” From...
Every year, as the calendar flips to September, a familiar atmosphere descends across Nigeria and many parts of Africa: the so-called Ember months. September,...