Notes from Atlanta

Notes from Atlanta

Notes from Atlanta • June 25, 2017 04:54

Geographic Genteelisms: How we use Geography to hide our prejudice

The place of euphemism or genteelism, that is, intentionally indirect expressions that help us avoid causing offense or saying uncomfortable facts, is

Notes from Atlanta • June 24, 2017 02:00

The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break-up (II)

I want to begin this week’s installment by responding to a challenge thrown at me by a reader. The reader said India’s relative national c

Notes from Atlanta • June 17, 2017 10:23

The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break-up (I)

In light of the strains imposed on our quest for national unity by the renewedagitation for Biafra and its reverberations across the country, some rea

Notes from Atlanta • June 10, 2017 02:00

Large Lies of Lying Lai Mohammed

In a recent TV interview, Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed said he had never lied. That’s a lie, Lai’s latest lie.“I ha

Notes from Atlanta • June 3, 2017 02:00

In Professor Abubakar Momoh’s death, the Nigerian left lost an Icon

I was numb with shock when I read on Professor AbubakarA liyu  Liman’s May 29 Facebook status update that Professor Abubakar Momoh, famous