Whatever water the Ijegba people drink, they should share with the rest of Nigeria—no, with all of Africa. Ijegba (a blend of Ijebu and Egba)—a space defined roughly within a 50-by-50-mile radius—has produced some of the world’s brightest, most talented, and most activist characters: Wole Soyinka and Fela Kuti. The former was rewarded with the…
Photo credit: Havana Times Young Cubans live a cruel dilemma: remain in the country where they were born, muzzled and subjected to a crisis with no expiration date, or leave for territories where everything begins from zero, but where at least one can speak without fear. Havana Times reports that Ernesto Medina and Kamil Zayas were arrested…
Photo credit: Trinidad Guardian Long before the stage lights, the tours, and the chart placements, there was a little girl in Toco singing at the top of her lungs during family praise and worship. The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian reports that Shakema Rowe, known in the Soca world as Miss Cali, has crafted a career that…
Photo credit: Aljazeera Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney went to the World Economic Forum and told the world that his country – extrapolation, all US allies – had lived a “pleasant fiction” that is now over. That fiction was grounded in the assumption that the United States would continue to lead a global order and that such order would perpetually…
Photo credit: New Mind Psychology Why are people so innately wicked? I guess for some, being wicked is a communicable disease. It’s not a big deal for such people to kill or maim another human being if killing them is not possible. When a person wakes up at birth, of course, Eledumare has prepared him…
While I grew up with Fela’s music, I noted one fact about him. He once said he did not sing love songs. Neither did he sing the praises of anyone. At least, I cannot remember if he did! But check out his repertoire, it’s filled with bumper sales. He was an artiste who stood for…
