Chile’s presidential election divides immigrants!
Photo credit: CBS Chileans might be facing a hard task in the history of their country’s young democracy when they vote on December 12. The Canadian Press reports that the contestants are hard-right Jose Antonio Kast and communist Jeannette Jara. Neither candidate cleared the 50% threshold to win in the first round, However, Kast heads into the…
Every life matters: A look at Nigeria! by Adewale Sobowale
Having grown up in Nigeria within a loving community, I can’t help but be in great pains at hearing that Nigeria has become infamous for mass killings. As a child, I learnt to wine and dine with Muslims and African Traditional Worshippers, although I’m a Christian. For instance, during the Muslim festival Eid-ul-Adha, we had some neighbours…
Agbegilere! Woodcarver!! – Adewale Sobowale
In the past, at least in Yorubaland, when a child was born, one of the first things his parents did was to call a babalawo, diviner, to check out what the child’s future would be like. By so doing, the parents would have known what the child was most likely to become, his relevance to…
Men’s Day! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Mint I learn today is International Men’s Day! Hmm… Oro sunukun! It’s a day men’s contributions to a peaceful society ought to have been celebrated. But, are men – especially African men – worth celebrating? I’m asking this pertinent question considering the fact that it seems to me that African nations are in…
Democracy Burnt! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: BBC I really don’t care a bit about whoever might have won the elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. In any case, it’s a truth that I don’t care about the party at the center. Indeed, I regard Mr Buhari as a only a regent. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t have been going…
Hmm…! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: BBC It’s no longer a secret that the late Timothy Adegoke, a master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in Osun State is dead. He died at the Hilton Hotel and Resort in Ife where he had lodged after his arrival from Abuja. My sincere condolences to the family and friends of…