Morak Oguntade and the Art of Everyday Expression After reading Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco a few years back, the unusual happened. I developed a keen yearning to rediscover a dormant space in my mind for the appreciation of illustrated stories and cartoons. I remembered the political cartoons of Josey…
Jazz Music & the Influence of Yoruba Culture There was a time in the ’60s and ’70s when several jazz musicians of repute had to visit Brazil for a new spark of inspiration. It was almost a “rite of passage” for many jazz musicians. Classics like ‘Song for My Father’ by Horace Silver; ‘Brazilian Love…
An Unusual Conservative Perception of Covid Ideology can be such a blinding and narrow-minded state of mind, individual or collective. Accurate history informs us that plagues and pandemics have devastated the world several times and for millennia. Long before socialism and capitalism came into existence. And humanity is still here. But not for the excessive…
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The Tooth of a Toad [Ako re’Oghwokpo] There is an old African tale in former times used as a universal allegory. There was once a flourishing pond with environs full of animals that provided enough for all their needs. Strife was minimal. A Monitor Lizard in the pond had a big reputation for perpetrating wickedness,…
Is My Name Okolo Too? A new female friend leaves to study in USA for four years after a brief but interesting relationship with a guy. She returns as promised assuming his surname.
A Song for Reassurance: Okpan Arhibo Verses Songs have often come to the rescue of a distressed, pained or broken soul. Songs shine lights in darkness, offer hope when it is so far away, provide relief to untiring palaver. However, here the song gives reassurance amidst estrangement and confusion. Empathy is often rewarded as such.
Yankius on the National Cake. Windfall: Yankiokwa! Yankiokwa!!! Anytime you are this quiet we know you are up to something. Meanwhile, how is you, Boss? Yankius: Windokwa! The Windfall maker himself! Your potbelly has dwindled seriously. Otherwise, is everything okay? Windfall: Leave my stomach alone. I am curious. That bakery where the National Cake is…
Yankius on Nigeria’s Looming Collapse Deadly Cuts: O Pally, I am so scared for Nigeria at the moment. It is more than tragic what is happening. Yankius: Corona virus is… Deadly Cuts: Who is talking about Covid-19? It was bound to devastate Africa, especially Nigeria, one day. I was talking about the potential economic and…
Corruption is the New Meaning of Life: It Is Here to Guide Us Corruption shows its face unobstructed in most forms of social organisation in today’s world. Under the present rules of governance, they license corruption for use with discretion and embed itself deeper in societies, eliminating most opposition to it. Corruption is thus now…
