Osun State And The Church
Why would the government of Osun State build a church? Why would any government build a place of worship, at all? In today’s plural, interconnected spaces, I cannot conceive of[…]
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Jos, Nigeria!
Cross-posted at KTravula.com When I served the country Nigeria in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service in a little village close to the city of Jos in 2005, the state[…]
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On Religious Tolerance
In the BusinessDay of October 20, 2009 Sometime a couple of years ago, during the Christmas season, I was at a bank in Ibadan with a friend. A man came[…]