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…
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Culture as Institution
Intelligent Nigerians, Home Languages
Intelligent Nigerians, Home Languages Unsurprisingly, the typical Nigerian believes Nigerians are amongst the most intelligent people in the world. The reasons for this belief are various. But none of them are provable by evidence. Some attribute this broad belief among Nigerians to certain factors.
Culture as Institution
Obẹnẹ: Urhobo Love Sustainably
Obẹnẹ: Urhobo Love Sustainably The Act Urhobo love. Obẹnẹ, is one of the finest approaches to love in the world. But surprisingly younger Urhobo people in present times believe that Urhobos of previous times did not know what love was. Ojahwevwe! Obẹnẹ, the Urhobo version of love is not…
Culture as Institution
Postcolonial Songs – Wild Geese (Nigeria’s End)
Postcolonial Songs – Wild Geese The Flight of the Wild Geese by Joan Armatrading The song was released in 1978 as the opening theme of the star-studded action-packed blockbuster movie The Wild Geese. The song turns out prophetic for most of Africa, Nigeria most of all. Some words are added…
Culture as Institution
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? II
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? II In part one, I talked about scat originating in Urhoboland, then known as Otọr Urhobo. ‘Djueta, scat, was never introduce into Uhuoro’ojevwu merely because it sounded good, or words were lacking. The words of song in Uhuoro’ojevwu were subversive in the utmost. Leaders, Big People,…
Culture as Institution
When Goscolene Rhymes
When Goscolene Rhymes “Fill your glass according to your tolerance.” If you exceed your tolerance, you are on your own. Sometimes when you take a medicine for the first time it works fine. Months later it loses its effectiveness. Witches, demons, and curses are not responsible, your body is. The…
Culture as Institution
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? I
Is Jazz Urhobo Music? I Odeyovwi; Kọdiọ rẹ ihweje [If it is so good; every one lays claim to it.] – Ancient Urhobo saying. Ọmẹ v’ọroavware diọvo. [My own and our own is not the same.] – Ancient Urhobo saying. Jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie once said jazz was originally a…
Culture as Institution
Witches in Surgery Ward
Witches in Surgery Ward is a short story of a man who is ambushed in a surgery ward by witches after a successful heart surgery procedure. The three-mile journey from my place within central London to the hospital was mostly along deserted roads. In many decades, it was the most…
Culture as Institution
Arsenal Victory Affliction
Arsenal Victory Affliction The dividends of both mass and social media are controversial, especially when we consider them negative. Yes, we have societal problems arising from media. Yet, these are social and psychological problems. The big surprise is media can now give human beings biological problems and serious ones at…
Corruption
Does National Security Expire?
Does National Security Expire? The Anarchy The anarchy brewing in Nigeria is near complete. Noting the security problem in Nigeria is dire is not news. It has become a daily and worsening fact. Wear is Nigeria’s national security? No one person or institution is safe from violence in the country…