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Spells vs. Supplications: How Language Decides Who is “Holy” and Who is “Voodoo”
Oba of Benin gathers his chiefs, raises a ceremonial staff, and recites a rhythmic Edo formula to combat insecurity within his domain, the Western-trained mind instinctively shifts its vocabulary. Suddenly, it’s not a prayer. It’s an incantation. It’s a spell. It’s juju. Why does one man commune with the divine while the other plays with magic? The difference isn't actually in the action; it’s in the vocabulary of power, race, and who owns the dictionary.
Unknown Soldiers, Unknown Councils, Unknown Government: A Nigerian Classic Remix by Lawson Akhigbe
A whole Presidential Council with a fancy name is allegedly moving money for “foreign intervention promotion”? “Account? What account? We are also surprised o.”
The Watchlist That Became a Guest List by Lawson Akhigbe
The 2006 EFCC watchlist was not, in retrospect, a prosecution document. It was and we can now say this with the authority of twenty years of evidence, a directory of the durable.
Vanilla it’s not.
Is a little chaos actually good for us? Life isn't vanilla and it's not a choice, that's life. Lessons from chaos are building blocks of life.
Street Professor Dave Umahi, Lagos, the Atlantic and the Missing Environmental Impact Assessment by Lawson Akhigbe
Street Professor Dave Umahi, Lagos, the Atlantic and the Missing Environmental Impact Assessmen
Centre for Nigeria Progress 