Food, culture, and colonialism
Jollof rice (file photo) The subversion of food systems was intentionally constructed through the colonization of thought, a phenomenon that persists as coloniality. Why subvert a food system? By Nnimmo Bassey The important position of indigenous food systems in the struggle for food sovereignty cannot be over emphasized. We understand this […]
Between Peter Obi and Tinubu’s mother
Peter Obi By Echi Anthony I was scrolling through Twitter when I came across this post from @ChifeDr real name Dr. Aloy Chife. “I have a Ph.D. And I’m very proud to be called “Igbo trader” I will clean toilets if the money is good. Has decades of elevating work-shy little men […]
Juju and crime: How do we explain the trend in South East?
‘…most armed robbers that are caught these days in the East are laden with variety of amulets and “atumokpus, “ each with special “powers”’ By Valentine Obienyem Have you observed that most armed robbers that are caught these days in the East are laden with variety of amulets and “atumokpus”, each with special […]
2012 – The year that almost wasn’t
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (file photo) ‘Glitters, grease, glitz: Son of Jigawa State Governor, Aminu Lamido, was arrested with $40,000 (N7.5m), an amount in excess of authorised $10,000 for an overseas trip.’ By Ikeddy Isiguzo For a year that nearly did not start, 2012 had its high moments, like Nigerians waking up […]
COP27: Loss and damage at injury time
COP27 ‘Hope glimmered when many nations unexpectedly rose to say that fossil fuels, all of them, should be phased out, not just the phasing down of unabated coal as was cockily suggested at Glasgow’ By Nnimmo Bassey The recently concluded 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
