History

Julien Sinzogan's Yoruba Kings

The Tragic Cycle Of Yoruba History

By Akin Osuntokun “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” –George Santayana History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce –Karl Marx “The only thing that we learn from…


Akin Osuntokun

A Reintroduction To History

A Reintroduction To History By Akin Osuntokun Following from our preceeding outing a fortnight ago, the task with which I have saddled myself is a reintroduction to history. Understood as the theory or practice of…


Africa's coups

Coups: A Return To History

By Minabere Ibelema On Tuesday, the French News Agency carried a news story with the online headline, “After coups in Mali and Burkina Faso, will Niger be next?” The writer apparently asked about the wrong…