The World As I See It
The Nigerian singer, TY Bello, sang a hit song asserting that “the land is green!” Interestingly, not a few Nigerians would argue otherwise because as it is commonly said, “the land appears greener on the other side”. Maybe we can say that all parties are both right and wrong, or as some cool Nigerians would say, “1:0; goalless draw!”
Continue reading “The Land is Green; Or Not”
There is something really interesting (in a disappointing way) in engaging with people who somehow choose to elevate parochial thinking hinging on tribal superiority; who gladly broadcast their ignorance in the market square. Every five minutes, there is some debate, sometimes quite vitriolic, that suggests that anyone who lives in Lagos State but cannot legibly trace his or her roots to Oduduwa should be grateful at the magnanimity being enjoyed because benevolent hosts have allowed such a person to drink from Lagos’ cisterns in peace. Each time I hear such views expressed; I wonder if the espousers ever learned about symbiosis in school.
Continue reading “Lagos and the Burden of Cosmopolitanism”
Yesterday, a friend visited my blog, and noticed the blog’s headline, “The World As I See It”. He then asked me if I had read Albert Einstein’s book with the same title. I sincerely did not know Einstein wrote such a book, and so, off I went to google it. Continue reading “Different Lenses — One World”
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