As a child born and battered (not buttered) in Lagos, my thoughts about Ibadan people are three-fold. I think of a different accent when they speak English. When you read Niyi Osundare’s article you will moderate that notion. The other... more
As a child born and battered (not buttered) in Lagos, my thoughts about Ibadan people are three-fold. I think of a different accent when they speak English. When you read Niyi Osundare’s article you will moderate that notion. The other stereotype that comes to the mind of this Lagos boy is that Ibadan houses do not have street addresses but you can describe where you are going or looking for by Agboole Oloolu or Agboole Alabẹni (as in Bimbo Adelakun’s Novel). The third stereotype is that people of Ibadan eat a lot of ẹ̀kọ and ọọ̀ ̀lẹ̀ (as in mó̩inmó ́ i̩ ́n-beans pudding in English). I cannot really trace where I got that last one. It will be great to read what people of Ibadan think about Lagos city, i ̀lú iná ń jó ogiri o ̀ ̀ sá - The city where fire burns be the walls remain. The place we sing its praises as aromi ́ ṣá lẹ̀gbẹ lẹ̀gbẹ -The city where water flows in abundance. Let me tell you my story of Ibadan through the eyes of writers and thinkers. My maternal grandmother ...
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These are pictures from the Friday Baraza of the Center for African Studies, UF
There is an interesting saying in Nigeria which I have used a couple of time here; it asks a busy body the rhetorical question "who send you market" In truth, who sent me into the market of trading in knowledge and perspectives. It is... more
There is an interesting saying in Nigeria which I have used a couple of time here; it asks a busy body the rhetorical question "who send you market" In truth, who sent me into the market of trading in knowledge and perspectives. It is against the rhetorical question that sharing my report of the recently concluded Development Studies Association conference at SOAS fits in perfectly and not too difficult a task. What is difficult for me currently is why I want to burden readers with such a sketchy account. As with twisted narrations, the third episode can be the last and the last one could be the first as well. In this case, I started the ritual of stepping into this intellectual space from the University of Leeds (the alma mater of the new British Prime Minster), then I found my way to Bournemouth University and before this last one I attended an online webinar (Asixoxe-Let's Talk), finally I traveled to the heart of London to attend DSA conference where over 500 participants paid over three hundred pounds each to share their research findings with counterparts in the temple of knowledge.