Queen Naomi And Beheaded Skulls in Mògún Shrine

In my piece last week, I made a tangential reference to the place of African magic in modern matters. It was in the discussion of the calamity that befell Nigeria a few days to Christmas. Ibadan, the capital city of the Yoruba, had taken a sizeable chunk of the tragedy. Thirty five persons, the bulk of whom were kids, had been trampled to death in a stampede. The dead and a crowd estimated to be about ten thousand, had heeded invitation to attend a funfair where freebies, which included the…

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Sunday Igboho and allegory of Asantehene Golden Stool, by Festus ADEDAYO

Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa was just a mother and farmer who spiced her vocation with being an intellectual, politician, and human rights activist. Living in a confederate Gold Coast, now Ghana, riven by a civil war of 1883 to 1888, the moment the British exiled Asantewaa’s brother and the King of Asante Prempeh 1 to Seychelles in 1896, a fertile ground was laid for a deadly rebellion against British rule in Ashanti land. Frederick Hogston, Governor-General of the Gold Coast, hastened the rebellion. By obstinately demanding for the Golden…

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I am not ready to die yet, 84 year-old Obasanjo declares

“Although I am old, I am not ready for departure. They have bought me my ticket but I haven’t taken my boarding pass yet,” Obasanjo    Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he was not ready to die yet. Using his words, Obasanjo who recently celebrated 84th birthday (born on March 5, 1937) said “though his ticket to return to his Maker has been bought,” he was “not set to board the aircraft yet.” He said this during an interview with an “International Institute” as revealed by a…

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