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Death on the Road
In all toil, there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty -- Proverbs 14:23THE purpose of work is viewed through different lenses, but the consensus is that it is a…
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I did it for my kids in the ‘Chess in the Slum’ family — World Champ, Onakoya
With tears in my eyes, I walked up to the chess board and did it afraid, unwell, uncertain but with a resolute mind... After 60 hours of mental torture, we set a new record for the…
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Moments with Jimi Solanke
Jimi Solanke would be better remembered as the man with the song and the story. He would be remembered as Baba Agba, the aged story-telling grandpa, on several Nigerian television…
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The moral burden of documentary filmmaking
In selecting what to highlight and what to neglect, documentary filmmaking carries a peculiar moral burden of history—probably unmatched by other channels of knowledge production and…
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Adire Ekiti Hub… Building hope and investing in the future
It is our hope and prayer that every woman who shall be trained here will seize this as a good opportunity for personal development. Having a skill and making use of it is an…
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Turning 70 – What is new?
WHEN I turned 70 last Monday, 12th February 2024, many of my friends started calling me Baba 70. In fact, they started calling the name even before D-Day.Many people…
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My new life at University of Iowa, by Peju Layiwola
...as I go into the museum every morning, I see the work of Odili Donald Odita and Nnenna Okorie, specially commissioned for the opening of this brand-new building in 2022. Although…
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A return to personal history: LABAF@25
I am coming to LABAF again in 2023 as a guest featuring on two panels and performances. When I arrived at my hotel at Victoria Island, I ordered a bottle of Guinness before heading to…
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Reminiscences: My journey to Kirikiri prisons
WELCOME to the new year (2024) – with fervent hope that it will turn out to be more prosperous and less tumultuous than 2023. In furtherance of our current mood for…
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A new home for the Master Carver, Olowe of Ise
In conjunction with Olowe's grandson, Mr. Olajide Ologbon Olowe, and the Director General of the Ekiti State Bureau of Tourism Development, Wale Ojo-Lanre, I am starting a movement…
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