“Accept Your Loss and Move On” – The Eighth Rudder Blade
Expellers and the expelled from groups or organisations often delude themselves one cannot survive with them. This article seeks to debunk such false illusions.
Grimot Nane Zine
Stories Cultured For Curious Minds
Grimot Nane Zine
Stories Cultured For Curious Minds
Category Culture as Institution
The Lure of Collecting Jazz Albums
I am often asked by newer jazz fans for advice in collecting good or classic jazz records. My answer; “only you can decide what a classic is” and “it depends on the path of collection you choose to adopt.” A…
What Is Academic Jazz, Does It matter?
“Academic jazz” is a phrase that startles me. What does it mean? Today jazz music, jazz dance and jazz poetry are mainstream academic subjects. Libraries of books on jazz theory, performance, improvisation, history, analyses, events, styles, and personalities abound. Many…
Ayo Odebisi’s Embrace: Through The Words of Henry Miller
Ayo Odebisi, also known as Paramole, would have turned sixty-five Wednesday, 28th of April. He was not a man you could forget. The aura he projected on those around him and his immediate environment contributed to the weight of words…
Where is Nigeria’s Thriving Middle-Class in 2021? The Youth Want to Know
A truism of economies is they tend to thrive when they have a large stable middle-class. In the mid-2010s, one of the most aggressive facts promoted about the Nigerian economy was that it had created a large and thriving middle-class.…
Mufugbenous and Mufugbeneity: What Do They Mean?
From A Myth to A Cure: Where Does Africa Go After Vaccinations?
Can a universal cure come out of olden African culture, especially one that originates from mythology? “Nothing good or great comes out of Africa” is a settled statement of the many. Testing the truth of that statement can be either…
The New Economy If You Are Not Rich
As we approach the uncertain aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many developed and developing societies remain shaken, disrupted and precarious. Jobs and austerity are the main tacit or stated socioeconomic fear of most people. The political economy of despair we…