Akogun Akomolafe
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8 March 2010 at 03 : 00 AM
President “Sex Machine” Zuma’s Virile Libido
When are you Nigerians going to sort yourself out? You’ve turned your country into the world’s laughing stock. Leave me alone, please. We have got our share of worldly problems, just like any other normal nations. Ha, you called yourself a normal nation! Where on earth would a president go AWOL for three […]
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21 February 2010 at 23 : 00 PM
Crocodile Tears for Haiti
“The white man killed my father Because my father was proud The white man raped my mother Because my mother was beautiful The white man wore out my brother in the hot sun of the roads Because my brother was strong Then the white man came to me His hands red with blood Spat his […]
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19 February 2010 at 21 : 00 PM
The Descent Of The Vultures
“Faced with the militant peoples of the ex-colonial territories in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, imperialism simply switches tactics. Without a qualm it dispenses with its flags, and even with certain of its more hated expatriate officials. This means, so it claims, that it is ‘giving’ independence to its former subjects, […]
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19 February 2010 at 20 : 00 PM
As Nigeria lurches into the abyss
“If your neighbor is eating poisonous fruit and you fail to warn him; his groans will keep you awake at night.” – African proverb. Nigeria is a nation on the brink of disaster and this is not the prediction of a doomsayer. Like a star on the throes of death; all the vital […]
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6 February 2010 at 20 : 00 PM
President Mills got it all wrong
“It is barely bearable for me when I hear spiritual leaders say that we in Africa needed divine and spiritual intervention to solve our numerous of socio-economic and developmental problems, but it galls me to no end when I hear our elected representatives pantomiming the same nonsense. I am neither thrilled nor amused […]
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3 February 2010 at 01 : 00 AM
We didn’t vote for god
My Books on Amazon Africa: it shall be well: https://tinyurl.com/sn64ocd Africa: Destroyed by the gods: https://tinyurl.com/vglfk7w 18 African Fables & Moonlight Stories: https://tinyurl.com/s7qrp4p Try and get your copy. And, please, help me share the links. Kind regards, Femi Akomolafe “Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of […]
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22 January 2010 at 18 : 00 PM
Where are our scientists?
A friend once asked me why my radio set is permanently tuned to BBC World Service. My answer was a simple: ‘Because I don’t have a mind that consumes inanities.’ The mind, they say, is a terrible thing to waste. I have a very healthy respect for my mind and I simply do […]
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26 December 2009 at 13 : 00 PM
Obama: Were We All Naïve?
“People will not readily bear pain unless there is hope.” -Michael Edwardes How fast time flies! So, it is already almost a year ago now that the whole world was in a euphoric mood to usher in the 44th president of the world’s pre-eminent power, the United States of America: Barack Hussein Obama. […]
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26 December 2009 at 13 : 00 PM
Mo Ibrahim Africa Leadership Award
[feather-share skin=”wheel’] The dearth of quality leadership on the African political terrain was recently brought into sharp focus when the prestigious Mo Ibrahim Leadership Award committee said that it could not find a suitable candidate to nominate for this year’s award! No one can accuse Mr. Mo Ibrahim of not trying to do […]
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26 December 2009 at 13 : 00 PM
Ghana’s Ministers In Trotro
During the first week of October 2009 in Ghana the news waves were saturated with reports that some ministers of government had decided to have a taste of what hoi polloi go through every day in the transportation department. The ministers abandoned their brand new air-conditioned, four-wheel-drive jeeps — bought, fueled and maintained […]
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