We Let Africa Down Badly An Open Letter to African Academics, Scholars and Intellectuals Dear Colleagues, Upon reviewing the current upheavals in North Africa and elsewhere on the continent, I felt it is necessary for us – African academics, scholars and intellectuals – to take stock and a fresh look…
Year: 2014
Benzene Holocaust in the Niger Delta?
Benzene Holocaust in the Niger Delta? The Niger Delta is a top “ecocide hotspot” on planet Earth. Minor and massive oil spillages are frequent and ubiquitous in the Niger Delta, around seven thousand of them. These spillages cause untold pollution and ecocide with highly devastating impacts on the lives and…
Corruption: One and a Half Questions
Since the widely preferred mode of organisation (partial or encompassing) for our “globalised political economy” in both public and private spheres is corruption, how are useful and successful anti-corruption programs going to produce “better governance” or “cleaner governance” or “good government” or “good corporations”? Who will implement and sustain these…
Nigeria: The Empire That Never Was… Will It Ever Be?
Nigeria: The Empire That Never Was… Will It Ever Be? Sir John Glubb’s enduring claim to fame, perhaps among other things, is an essay. His essay, “The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival“. Having been an adept historian and military commander for the British empire in its twilight days….
To Cook a Continent: A Review and a Comment
To Cook a Continent: A Review and a Comment REVIEW: To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and Climate Crisis in Africa is yet another book about Africa’s exploitation but with a significant difference from all others. The author presents the challenge “what can be done now to end destructive exploitation…