PECULIARITIES
– Thinking out of the regressive box “I’m grateful for the grace to stand alone intrepidly when I think the crowd is heading in the wrong direction. Yes, crowds get things wrong now and then.”…
Category: PONDERINGS
THE IMPASSE
– Why Inanities Tarry? "Gullible minds challenge you, when you challenge gullibility." – Dele Ajaja IMAGE: Gullibility. #AfricanPerspectives #AfricanPhilosophies #Africa #Africans #Diaspora #Culture #Traditions #Yoruba #Yorubaland #AfricanAmerican #Parables #Folktales #Wisesayings #Ogunde #Quotes #Quotations #Nigeria…
SONNET TO EGALITARIANISM
– Democracy expires when autocracy thrives “Democracy, the government of the people, by the people, for the people, dies when a dictator takes control. Democracy lives by the grace of the institutions that nurture it…
THE WINNING STRATEGY
– Different Fights Require Different Weapons “Throwing rocks at a gun fight is not a winning strategy. Winning the world’s conscience against a formidable opponent is a shrewder stratagem.” – Dele Ajaja IMAGE: The acerbic…
THE FIREFIGHTER’S SONG
– Dedicated to the Firefighters who Died on 9/11, so Others Might Live. © Dele Ajaja Hero; the Real Hero!I've wondered and pondered who you were;Asked and tasked my soul what to christen you,I’ve thought…
YORUBA LANGUAGE IS GOING PLACES
– State of Maryland Adds Yoruba Language to its Portal By Kwevi Quaye The U.S’ State of Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration has added Yoruba Language to its portal, for Drivers' Permit Test, Vehicle Registration, and…
THE EPOCH OF ‘ASINNIWAYES’ AND ‘ERO IWORAN’
– From Algeria to Zimbabwe, the Deprived Claps, While the Rich Makes Fortune (From the Archives) “In Yorubaland, 'Asinniwaye' is the individual who followed others to the world. ’Ero-Iworan' is the crowd that watches, while…
REALITY IS MERCILESS
– The Cost of Denial “Global Warming deniers won’t need further conviction in a few years, when the chickens come home to roost.” – Dele Ajaja IMAGE: Nature suffers when glaciers melt. #AfricanPerspectives #AfricanPhilosophies #Africa…
WHY YOU APPEAR WEIRD?
– It is Okay to be Unique “CONFUCIUS wasn’t a CONFUSED man. Some thought he was confused, because his thoughts were ahead of his time. He advocated the Golden Rule – that humans should do…