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A President and Nigeria’s Ancient Hunger
"History, it appears, cannot escape hunger. In the time it takes you to read this sentence, someone will have died of it. On a...
Osoba’s Short Spoon Dinner with Obasanjo
Two Yoruba ‘living ancestors’ are at each other’s throats at the moment.
The two personages have made great and indelible marks in life. They are...
Minister Umahi and the Woman from òkè òhún
A few years ago, a man was rushed to the family pharmacy. It was late at night. He had contracted the Yoruba’s response to...
Ìyá Alákàrà: The Poor Can’t Fry Their Way Out Of Poverty
Somewhere along Ososami Road, Oke Ado, Ibadan, perhaps in the late 1960s, a little girl in school uniform stood beside an old woman frying...
The Throne, the Oracle and the Sword
I recall a 1985 encounter in my hometown. A ravenous hyena invaded the town, killing goats and sheep. The local goat farmers lost a...
