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2 May 2011 at 14 : 00 PM
The Attack On Libya: A Commentary
“Whatever happens, we have got. The Maxim gun and they have not.” – Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc It was the great Simón Bolívar who said: “The United States appears to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” As a citizen of the world, it’s becoming […]
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21 April 2011 at 07 : 00 AM
Questions for Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs on Libya
Questions for the Dutch Foreign Minister on the Dutch involvement on the attack on Libya. Dear Mr. Meijer, Greetings. I am writing a story on the NATO attack on Libya and would like to get some information on the Dutch policy vis-à-vis Libya. I will appreciate an early reply. Specifically, I have the following […]
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11 April 2011 at 03 : 00 AM
Nigeria: Another Do-or-Die Election in the offing?
As they prepare to vote in the 9 April 2011 elections, the prayer on the lips of most Nigerians is that the political earthquakes that toppled the governments in Tunisia and Egypt and is threatening the 42-year old regime of Beloved Brother Leader Qaddafi in Libya, should extend to their much mis-governed land and […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
Not Yet Uhuru
“Neo-colonialism, after all, is not centred in a vacuum. It is built on the previous colonial history of the country in which it operates, from foundation that the colonial regime lays before its ostensible departure. The object of neo-colonialism is to ensure that power is handed to men who are moderate and easily controlled, […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
African Chief declare war on the USA!
The tiny West African State of Kosangba stunned the world yesterday when its Chief Minister; Nana Bambeu Kugboji, declared that his hard-to-find-on-the-map, postage stamp-sized landlocked republic has declared war on the US, the world’s only superpower. Addressing a well- attended World Press Conference yesterday at his squalid, dilapidated woebegone capital of Petuje […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
Give the slum a try!
Give the slum a try[/su_heading] (a satire) (This was written and published some years ago. However, my visit to Chorkor in Accra on Saturday, October 26, 2013, revealed to me the shocking conditions many compatriots are still forced to live, and prompted this republishing. Why do we still allow some of our people to live […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
In Poll We Trust
(one of the first satires I penned for the defunct Accra-based New Horizon magazine) The humbled, almost pathetic, picture cut by President Clinton, was unlike anything I’ve associated the President of the United States of America – the world’s most powerful figure. His hair was disheveled, his eyes bloated as though from lack […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
Live and Let’s Die
(a short story by Femi Akomolafe) Did you ask if I believe in miracles? I don’t need to believe in miracles; I am a miracle. I epitomize, encapsulate and synopsize miracles. I am THE miracle. I have been nothing but a miracle all my life. I am on the wrong side of fifty and […]
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7 April 2011 at 00 : 00 AM
For OIL we fight
Note: This is an old satire written during the military rule in Nigeria. Perturbed by the lack of support for the democratic movement in Nigeria by the Western nations, I called the United States Information Service in Accra to find out the reason for the apathy. I am, well, eh, acquainted with the Information […]
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1 April 2011 at 05 : 00 AM
The Imperialist Prayer
[Feather_share skin=”wheel”] Our Dear Lord and Father in Heaven; Our Creator, Guide, and Protector; Our Alpha and our Omega who reside in the sacred places high above. Our all-loving, all-knowing, omniscient and immanent Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. We gather here today to give thanks; praises and glory to your name. We […]
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