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Ignorance, Knowledge and Democratic Politics in Nigeria

Thursday, 03 November 2005 12:32 Africa
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It is this spirit of inquiry; this permanent search for knowledge and this daily concern for its dissemination to awaken the overwhelming majority of the people to their condition, rights, duties and potential, which, in my view, are some of the most important aspects of his legacies, which this country badly needs now if its democratic system is to survive and grow.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 07 August 2008 04:37
 

In Defence of Bala Usman

Thursday, 03 November 2005 12:28 Africa
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Bala Usman’s article had been criticised on several fronts, especially by Professor Peter Ekeh and Dr. G. G. Darah, but I think there are two strands of his argument that are worth defending and re-examining. The first is that the Nigerian state antedates the ethnic groups in it as we know them today. Secondly, and flowing from this, the Nigerian state is superior to the ethnic groups and therefore have a superior claim to the land and the resources there-in.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 31 July 2008 06:19
 

Syllabus For A Hip-Hop Class

Saturday, 29 October 2005 14:56 Africa
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Professor Nkiru Nzegwu, the chair of Africana Studies Department at Binghamton University, developed the first-ever Hip-Hop class in the University history in 2002. The course examines this black urban expressive culture as a global and cultural phenomenon. Through class readings, group exercises and performance, students learned the history and hip-hop emergence in global and cultural spaces. Toni Blackman, the Hip-Hop ambassador was an adjunct lecturer for the course.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2007 11:52
 

Hip-Hop Class: Version 1 (Undergraduate Course)

Saturday, 29 October 2005 14:56 Africa
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Professor Nkiru Nzegwu, the chair of Africana Studies Department at Binghamton University, developed the first-ever Hip-Hop class in the University history in 2002. The course examines this black urban expressive culture as a global and cultural phenomenon. Through class readings, group exercises and performance, students learned the history and hip-hop emergence in global and cultural spaces. Toni Blackman, the Hip-Hop ambassador was an adjunct lecturer for the course.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 September 2006 23:21
 


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