Monarchy is common sense

Rough: Monarchy is commonsense: Obasan

Unhereditary monarchy is common sense or how to stop worrying and integrate the monarchy into your psyche (or enjoy the monarchy) Monarchy, paradoxically, is common sense; we are accustomed to the idea of its critique as a result of the expansion of universal suffrage and the increasingly happy acceptance of limits on their power by…

What sex work has to do with who you vote or rep for in Nigeria’s Presidential election – Odele Meji Alaga

Nigeria is not a simple country and the choice of the correct president is not a simple one; in the context of its recent social and economic history, most of the aspirants would be a worthy candidate for president;  broadly speaking, Nigeria is a country where divides are ideological, generational, economic and ethnic; it is…

Letters Public: To – Liz Truss MP – you must resign

Dear Madam, I am writing this with concern for the welfare of representative democracy in the United Kingdom; you are the third prime minister, from the collection of interests gathered together as the Conservative and Unionist party who has become Prime Minister by effectively undemocratic means – you were elected not by a decision of…

The New & Necessary Fundamentalisms: Rough Notes on political action and negotiation for the good life, globally, in the 21st Century

The New & Necessary Fundamentalisms: Rough Notes on political action and negotiation for the good life, globally, in the 21st Century This note means to be brief, the central purpose of it is to articulate this, globally speaking in our understanding of the basis for our political life beyond economics we are at an impasse…

The Guardian is right. We hail The Queen yet let’s remodel Britain entirely

Dear Reader,   The UK Guardian’s editorial (28th December) about the future of the British monarchy as we approach the 70th anniversary of the queen’s reign and notably following the passing of one of her similarly eminent contemporaries in the anglican communion, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, is very welcome. It is welcome particularly at a time…

On the crossroads of there being no Nigeria

There’s a view on Nigeria that says it is a mere geographic expression, that may have been true when it was said by Awolowo, one of the key shapers of the country’s independence, but surely it is less true today – on one hand, the country that was liberated by contract and negotiation has fulfilled…

To: Leke – On Blackness

A consideration and reflection on the polemic “Blackness is a white European invention that makes sense in America but is lazily applied in Europe” by Leke Apena Firstly, I hope this finds you well and in good spirits, and thank you for writing your piece “Blackness is a white European invention that makes sense in…