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…
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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…
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…
With Nadal’s 21st, One Era Of Tennis Is Consigned To History As Another, Beckons
By Dave Bigila Summer, of the year that followed the turn of the Millennium, a young boy from Basel, fell to his knees, weeping profusely, after an excruciating 4th round match, on the center courts…