By Masih Safiydul-Ali Allawee As I read Dr. Isaac Yae Asiedu’s thought-provoking article, I couldn’t help but nod in agreement. The piece highlights a critical issue plaguing African academia: the emphasis on publications over practical impact. Dr. Asiedu’s call to action is timely, and his arguments are compelling. I concurContinue Reading
By Mahfuz Mundadu To speak of the African professor today is to speak of a figure who, in the imagination of the public, stands at the summit of learning, scholarship, and national intellect. Yet in the lived reality of this continent, particularly Nigeria, that professor is more often a figureContinue Reading
Aisha, a 15 year old student from a community school in Nigeria, once missed three days of school after being mocked for staining her uniform during her period. “I didn’t have pads, and I didn’t want to be laughed at again,” she said. Her story reflects a broader reality asContinue Reading
For over a century, Nigeria has lived under a linguistic illusion that English is the ultimate passport to intelligence, progress, and modernity. This illusion, deeply rooted in our colonial past, has warped our education system, muffled our creativity, and trapped our collective mind in perpetual translation. Let’s face it; EnglishContinue Reading
It is often said that every conquest comes with two banners — the flag of authority and the language of domination and every conqueror leaves behind two flags — that of authority and the other of language. Yet, in the long annals of human history, perhaps only the Sokoto JihadContinue Reading
In the past decade, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on several strikes that have shut down public universities for hundreds of days — at enormous cost to students, families, and the nation’s development. The latest two-week warning strike is yet another chapter in the long, tragicContinue Reading
In the streets of Nigeria and across many parts of Africa, a familiar scene unfolds every day: young girls balancing trays of goods on their heads, weaving through traffic or walking long distances under the scorching sun. These trays are heavy laden with fruits, snacks, water sachets, and other goods.Continue Reading
In Nigeria today, a university degree is not a crown of honor. It is not a reward for sacrifice, sleepless nights, or years of intellectual struggle. It has become a certificate of betrayal—betrayal by a nation that lies to its youths, spits on their sweat, and crushes their hopes. ItContinue Reading
When many people speak about democracy in Africa, the common themes are about corrupt politicians, state capture, election battles, party conflicts, and poor governance. But beneath the facades, there are many questions still: why does democracy, a system widely embraced in theory, so frequently disintegrate in reality on the continent?Continue Reading