Yankius: Trump – No Nigerians Big Nat Turner: Yankee Doo Doo! Yankius: Look here if you must hail me so it must be Yankee Doodle Doo, right! Big Nat Turner: Yes, Yankee Doodle Doo. Yankius: What’s matter you? You look dispunkious. Big Nat Turner: Trump has won the US…
Culture as Institution
Meg Searches
Meg Searches Meg fights off a short stocky lone bully who slaps him without provocation and challenges him to a fight. Many eyes on him, he lets the assault go without retaliation or complaint. Meg, a tall slim good-looking soft-looking boy with a sharp clean haircut stands looking much older…
Institutions
Yankius: Seun Leave Igbo?
Yankius: Seun Leave Igbo? Tafia Hallelujah: Yankpikpi which ones? Long time no face to face. Yankius: You only come here with gist that leads to fight. Tafia Hallelujah: This time there will be no fight. Yankius: Then what do you have to tell me. Tafia Hallelujah: Someone yab Seun Anikulapo-Kuti…
Corruption
Not Winning Is Un-Nigerian
Not Winning Is Un-Nigerian #NigeriaParticipationNotMedals is a meme that could soon trend online as a feel-good factor of compensation for Nigeria’s poor performance in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Nigerians need cheering up, lots of it. A haul of medals from the Olympics could have given Nigerians much needed respite from…
Corruption
Soyinka: Cryptic Interpreter
Soyinka: Cryptic Interpreter The Interpreters by Wole Soyinka is an exercise in expanding the awareness of the realities of postcolonial Nigeria. We cannot understand Nigeria as a linear story like Cinderella or Macbeth. The story of Nigeria in the postcolonial era is beyond plot. Postcolonial Nigeria is an endless stream…
Short Stories
The Great Abraka Food Challenge
The Great Abraka Food Challenge In the Urhobo town of Oria, Abraka a new phenomenon began to trend. Food wagers were common in the communities spreading from the banks of the River Ethiope. The wager was simple – who could eat a large quantity of food? The wager promoter would…
Corruption
Nigeria: Underestimating Revolution
Nigeria: Underestimating Revolution Not till a revolution happens do men believe in it. – Confucius. When money stops flowing in the streets blood will flow in the streets. – Gerald Celente. When Nigerian activist, Yele Sowore, declared Tinubu’s election as president would hasten Nigeria’s much needed revolution many thought it…
Musings
A Birthday Without Kpokpority
A Birthday Without Kpokpority When guys kpokpo me and my immediate interests I kpokpo them. Kpokpority is most egalitarian in its manifestation, everyone encounters it sometimes. Never call me a pacifist because kpokpority we must tackle when it comes and sometimes, we embrace it. Who wan wound? Injury also is…
Short Stories
Tortoise and the Sweet Royal Stool
Tortoise and the Sweet Royal Stool Once upon a time many ages ago there lived a great king, His Highness Adada. The ubiquitous Tortoise was as notorious as ever and a royal pet despite warnings against such.
Musings
A View From Tony
A View From Tony My friend Tony M often flickers genius in his conversations and writing. Much more in his conversations unpredictably. The weird and the outrageous always intrigues and Tony does not mind juggling them. We are co-members of a WhatsApp group called Gbogbo. I enjoy him much more…