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21 June 2013 at 10 : 52 AM
Who is afraid of the Recolonisers?
(a reply to Robert Cooper) 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 “The people of the Third World are derided because they […]
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20 June 2013 at 05 : 19 AM
Feeling Sorry For Nigerian Scammers
“Moron loses money.” – Anon. It is very difficult for me not to feel sorry for and angry at the sad parade of bush-league amateurs that call themselves 419 scammers in Nigeria. There they are, a bunch of incompetent fools, wasting their time, resources, and energies writing stupid letters… [sample: FROM MR. PATRICK K. […]
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19 June 2013 at 09 : 47 AM
The Rhetorical Function of the “Christian Ethic”
From the book, YURUGU by Marimba Ani. (note: please this is not a review) Since many of us look blindly at Christianity as the personally delivered word of “GOD”, which is unalterable and a-historical, I am providing the following selection from the new book, Yurugu. Yurugu was written by Marimba Ani (Dona Richards) […]
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13 June 2013 at 17 : 01 PM
Bush’s Last Hurrah
(Humour / Satire) 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 Africa: A Continent on Bended Knees: https://tinyurl.com/y239z24a Try and get your copy. And, please, help me share the links. Kind regards, Fẹ̀mi Akọmọlàfẹ́ Websites: alaye.biz akogun.tv Blogs: […]
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30 May 2013 at 10 : 34 AM
Who Owns Papa’s Land?
In the heydays of apartheid in South Africa when Africans joined forces together to contribute to uprooting the evil system the Dutch brought to our beautiful continent, the late Nigerian musician, Sonny Okosun, released his signature song, “Papa’s Land,” which became a blockbuster and a battle rally-cry for anti-apartheid activists […]
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28 May 2013 at 14 : 11 PM
Writing our own HIStory
“The Europeans are not yet willing to acknowledge that the world did not wait in darkness for them to bring the light, and that the history of Africa was already old when Europe was born.” – Professor John Henrik Clarke. “For the last 500 years, the history of African people throughout the world has been […]
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28 May 2013 at 12 : 11 PM
Understanding Amerikkka
(a satire by Femi Akomolafe) What exactly is agitating you guys? Why are you so worked up over the president? The man has spent just nine months in power and he inherited a very big mess and to those of us outside, he’s doing a terrific job trying to fix the problems. […]
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22 May 2013 at 18 : 56 PM
Stolen Legacy
by George G.M. James. A Book Review by Femi Akomolafe Question: To what country do we owe our Civilization, Philosophy, the Arts and the Sciences? Answer: Greece Question: Who is the wisest man the world has ever seen? Answer: Aristotle Question: Name the world’s three greatest thinkers of all times? Answer: Socrates, Plato, and […]
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22 May 2013 at 12 : 57 PM
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
By Cheikh Anta Diop A book review by Femi Akomolafe [Dedicated to all the Comrades who keep on toiling to help Africa reclaim her past.] If there is any purpose behind my reviewing books and writing polemics, it is to urge Africans to say a big NO to SELF-HATE, SELF-PITY and SELF- […]
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9 May 2013 at 23 : 00 PM
They Came Before Columbus
by Professor Ivan Sertima A book review by Femi Akomolafe “They denied the conquered people the right to see God through their own imagination or to address God in a word that came from their own language. Every effort was made to wipe from their memory how they ruled a state and how they […]
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