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Do we need the state in Africa?
As it appeared in the BusinessDay of July 28, 2009 Sometime last year, at the urging of a friend, I downloaded and listened to a podcast from the American libertarian[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of July 28, 2009 Sometime last year, at the urging of a friend, I downloaded and listened to a podcast from the American libertarian[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of July 21, 2009 I remember that growing up, the fabric from which my school uniform was made was manufactured in Nigeria, and that[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of Tuesday July 14, 2009We were on our way to a restaurant some nights ago when the friend who was driving the car realised,[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of Tuesday July 6, 2009Is Christianity a symbol of modernization? It depends on who you ask. I recently had a discussion on this subject[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of Tuesday June 30, 2009One of the most notable things about Buchenwald is its relative seclusion. Although it is right in the vicinity of[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of Tuesday June 23, 2009I was recently reading the history of trade between the peoples of the Niger Delta region and Europeans, and one[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of Tuesday June 16, 2009One of the first things anyone interested in development learns is the measure that is popularly described as the poverty[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of Tuesday June 9, 2009If you were to take a bus from Badagry into Lagos you cannot but notice the high number of traders[…]
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As it appeared in the BusinessDay of Tuesday June 2, 2009. Last Friday, as I normally do every Friday, I walked over to the newspaper store to pick my copy[…]