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Staying Clean in a Polluted World

Genesis 35:1–4 There are some kinds of pollution that are easy to recognise. You see them in traffic-filled streets, in smoky air, in blocked drainage systems, and in environments where neglect has become normal. Physical pollution is visible. It announces itself. But the thing is this: there is another kind of pollution that is far more dangerous because it is less obvious. It is the pollution of the heart. It is subtle. Quiet. Gradual. It enters through compromise.It settles through repeated choices.And over time, it shapes the way a person thinks, speaks, and lives. In a city like Lagos, where pressures are constant and moral boundaries are

Decapitators on the Prowl!

By Wole Olaoye The incursion of terrorists from the northern states to the southwest of Nigeria was all too predictable. We had warned about that possibility over the years. The crisis is not from lack of warnings but from the failure to convert warnings into interoperable, cross-border security. There has been a steady expansion from border belts into southwest corridors. After intensified operations up north, armed groups have exploited forest corridors through Kwara, Kogi, and into Ekiti, Oyo, Ondo, and Osun. They have entered Ogun forests through Oyo. Rural dwellers have been warning the nation on social media for a while. Governments

“Arsenal Don Win… APC Self Dey Win. Na Who No Dey Win?”

There are few things capable of shaking Mama Love’s Canteen and Bar to its foundations. An Arsenal Premier League title is one of them. By Friday evening, Aguda had split into two visible camps: Those wearing red with unbearable confidence. And everybody else pretending not to care while quietly suffering. To make matters worse, Manchester City had failed to beat Bournemouth. Which meant Arsenal had officially done what their fans had spent years rehearsing emotionally. They had won the Premier League. And as if football heartbreak was not enough, Nigerian politics was simultaneously producing its own scorelines. The APC presidential primaries had delivered overwhelming results for President Bola Tinubu

Plot Twist: Why Books are the Real “Infrastructure” for Africa’s Growth

By Nkanu Egbe The National Theatre has seen many reinventions. Once the grandest stage in Lagos — host to heads of state, continental summits, and the full spectacle of Nigerian cultural ambition — the building on Iganmu's waterfront has spent recent decades in a more complicated relationship with its own legend. But on Wednesday 13 May, something fitting will happen inside its reimagined halls. In Cinema Hall 2 of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Creative Arts and Culture, a room of writers, librarians, booksellers, educators, and policy thinkers will gather for what promises to be one of the more quietly significant events

The New African Publishers: Towards the Promised Land

By Olatoun Gabi-Williams This article explores the difficult, entangled, high risk and yet, hopeful journey of publishing on the continent, a journey exemplified by Somali scholar, Jama Musse Jama’s vision of literature and the arts as a site of reconstruction and liberation. Dr. Jama Musse Jama – An Ethno-Mathematical Blueprint Author and ethno-mathematician, Jama Musse Jama is also a renowned cultural activist and a “New African Publisher” at Ponte Invisibile, Hargeysa, Somaliland. In our 2021 interview, he asserts the multiple “social tsunamis” Africa has experienced as the single most revealing context for understanding Africa’s development and her struggles – including the struggles around

The role 21st century booksellers play in realising SDG 4—quality, inclusive and equitable education

By Oreoluwa Lesi SDG4 focuses on education and aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” It includes seven targets, which cover eliminating disparities in accessing education at the early childhood and primary levels based on gender, ability, and other socio-economic factors and, as much as possible, encouraging all women and men to stay through to the tertiary level; ensuring that all youth and a large proportion of adults are literate and numerate; and ensuring that all learners can get the knowledge and skills needed to gain employment and contribute to sustainable development. When we