THE EXQUISITENESS OF YORUBA PHILOLOGY
– Take a Stand for What is Right © DELE AJAJA YORUBA: Ai’le ja nii je won o bi mi n’ile yi. Odan ojude baba eni kii gbe’ja eni. ENGLISH: It is the coward who…
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VANITY, VAINGLORY, NARCISSISM
– The frailties of mankind “Eni ri’nkan he, To fe ku pelu e, Owo eni to ti so’nu nko? Aye la ba; aye la o fi s’ile si, Duro na, w’ehin re wo…” – Ebenezer…
GEOGRAPHICAL AFRICA
– Vast continent with many contrasts Culled from Africa Facts Population: 1 billion, two and half times the number of people living in South America. Land Area: 30,343,580 square kilometres (11,715,720 square miles) which is…
FACTS ABOUT AFRICA
– Culled from Africa Facts Africa is the second-largest continent in the world both in size and population (after Asia.) As of 2009, about 14.7 percent of the world’s population resides in Africa. Africa is…
GLOBAL WARMING: THE LOOMING CATASTROPHE
– Claims Made by Climate Change Skeptics—and How to Respond Culled from Rainforest Alliance It’s hard to believe, but apparently more than a few climate change deniers still roam our ever-heating planet. According to a…
IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A THREAT?
ByMike Thomas, Built-In The tech community has long debated the threats posed by artificial intelligence. Automation of jobs, the spread of fake news and a dangerous arms race of AI-powered weaponry have been mentioned as…
LAGOS: ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CAPITAL OF NIGERIA
Culled from Encyclopaedia Britanica Lagos, city and state in southwestern Nigeria, located on the coast of the Bight of Benin, is bounded by the state of Ogun to the north and east, the Bight of…
MY ANGEL (MALAIKA) – Miriam Makeba & Harry Belafonte
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I’D HAVE MARRIED
N'BA TI L'AYA (YORUBA) – Tunji Oyelana, Nigerian social commentator, folk-song crooner, lecturer – and his band, the Benders – recalled a folk song about the drunk a few decades ago. NOTE: This song was originally…
GOD, DON’T DEPART FROM ME
ỌLỌ́RUN MỌ́ PADÀ L'ÉYÌN MI (YORÙBÁ) – A philosophical rendition by the late CHIEF ELEMURE OGUNYEMI, the legendary Ekiti (a subgroup in Yorubaland) traditional music-maker. (Opening - spiritual adulation) Olorun ogo, mo pada l’eyin mi,…