Living! – Adewale Sobowale
Life is so interesting. Living life is more interesting. A person finding his own space and living his own life in his own way is the most interesting being, I have found, in life. You see, if you allow yourself to be manouvered by some others, you may end up being straight jacketed. That means…
Gbanjo! – Adewale Sobowale
Moses Adejumo, aka Baba Sala was the quintessential comic of my childhood. In one of his plays, a new wife of his, Kariile, does something Baba Sala finds unpardonable. He then offers her for sale to any willing buyer.‘Gbanjo,Gba-gba-ngba,Gbanjo,Bi mo ri ma raOmoge di toro!Kariile di toro!!! In the second republic, when it was apparent…
The push to turn Canada’s shuttered churches into housing
Photo credit: Global News When a house of worship closes its doors, a sense of emptiness and melancholy can inflect the final services. By then, the congregation is often reduced to a greying trickle, easing into a quiet coda that follows a decades-long period of decline. For the Lutheran Church of the Criss, west of downtown Winnipeg,…
Guinea-Bissau junta puts new constitution to referendum as opposition urges boycot
Military-run Guinea-Bissau will hold a referendum on Sunday on a constitutional change that would give the president more powers ahead ofc a general election meant to restore civilian rule later this year. Euro News reports that this new constitution was presented by transitional, unelected bodies that emerged from the military coup d’etat last November. Bubacar Toure, who heads…
Mutiny in Niger Republic
Photo credit: Leadership Newspaper Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after a group of young troops attempted a mutiny in Niger’s capital in what was seen as a major threat to the country’s junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts. The Associated Press reports that it was the culmination of nearly 24 hours of unrest that appeared…
