Are we listening?
Hearing Acting President Goodluck Jonathan live was a confrontation with my pre-conceived impressions. All the news reports from Nigeria have a similar air, in that they tend to depict him[…]
Nobody wants to ever think that, but it’s true. Homes have been demolished. Lives have been upended. Entire worlds have caved into themselves, collapsed like broken hearts, been swallowed whole.[…]
Below is an article of mine previously posted at allAfrica.com. The previous post on this subject and Nigeria can be found here. Update: I suggest reading the allAfrica.com copy with[…]
This. I have a lot of respect for Dr. George Ayittey, but come on. “In many African countries, government has ceased to exist or function. In its place is a[…]
The idea that underlines the banality of evil relies on the notion that people are put in situations – by their respective governments or larger authorities, even mere families –[…]
Culture and Society · General · World Affairs
Exceptionalism seems to me a distinctly Western way of thinking about things. Yes, I know how that sounds. I don’t like the whole Ubuntu notion either, which seems like the[…]
Culture and Society · Politics
This is a problem, and not just a Ugandan problem.