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Ghost Agencies, Short Memories, and Ancestral Shame
To produce one living Nigerian today, biology required a spectacular ancestral relay race. Two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so forth, doubling backward...
The forgotten architecture of community justice
There is an old saying across many African communities: when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. In Northeast Nigeria, however, another truth quietly...
The light beyond Borno’s longest night
Borno was the destination, but Borno was also the question.
For three days, inside a room filled with district heads, local chiefs, government stakeholders, human-rights...
Oga Bayo, Food Dey, But Hunger Dey
There is a famous crocodile farm story that explains Nigeria better than most economic briefings. A group of tourists stood by a crocodile pond...
Nigeria’s Olodo uprising: An assault on critical thinking
A sheep was passing and saw a lion crying inside a cage, trapped and helpless. The lion begged the sheep to rescue him, promising...
