Court was sweet in Abuja today, no be lie.

ByMoyo Okediji

Court was sweet in Abuja today, no be lie.

This is just kindergarten o.

Those that the gods would destroy, don’t they first drive them mad?

The last presidential elections were very sweet, abi?

We collected bags of rice, tubers of yams, even ororo oil, na lie?

When I was a kid, I had a funny cousin staying with us. She would sing:

Ìgbà tẹ ń gba kọ́bọ̀-kọbọ̀

Ta lẹ wí fún

Tẹ́ ẹ wá ń ṣe “Yé è yé è

Okó tóbi!”

Me, I cannot translate Oyinbo o.

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When scientists speak about global warming, they often imagine that water levels would rise to threaten the land, perhaps even cover up some islands.

But is it possible that global warming could generate the growth of monstrous bacteria and viruses the like of which we have never seen before, microbiological growths that could threaten civilization and life on earth?

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In the United States, the Zoom classroom is becoming the norm in an abnormal world.

It’s unbelievable that the death toll in the United States is nearing the 250,000 number.

That sort of figure is beyond imagination—one-quarter of a million people dead.

How does one wrap one’s mind around that sort of number, in terms of fallen heroes in a single war that has not yet even lasted one year?.

Whereas in Africa, hardly anyone is dying.

When last week the press reported the fall of Jerry Rawlings to the pandemic, it was so shocking, because in Nigeria, everybody is wining, dining, partying, and marketing as if nothing is going on, and everything is honky-dory.

HOMESICK

HOMESICK

ByMoyo Okediji

In 2001, homesick, I returned to Nigeria after staying away for nine years in the US.

My destination was Ife, and I lodged in a hotel in Lagos for the first week. I used the hotel rental car, with a hired driver, to run errands. One day, the rental car driver who drove me around Lagos, said “Prof, why not just buy a car instead of spending all your money on car hires? Don’t you plan to stay in Nigeria for a couple of months? It’s best for you to get a fairly used car.”

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Another painting that I just extracted from my garage is this dark work.

ByMoyo Okediji

Another painting that I just extracted from my garage is this dark work.

There is an interesting story behind it.

In the year 2000 or 2001, the British Museum invited me to give a lecture as part of the ceremonies held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and also to mark the completion of the Great Court built as an extension of the main museum building. They wanted me to address the body as my topic.

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