Dangerously broken

On 31 May 2016, the Nigerian writer and political activist, Chido Onumah, will present his latest book, We are all Biafrans- A Participant-Observer's Intervention in a Country Sleepwalking to Disaster, to the public.

From May 11-13, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa summit in Kigali, Rwanda, reinforced extractive-industry and high-tech myths. The gathering unveiled the 1%’s elite’s exuberant imagination and its lack of exposure to the continent’s harsh economic realities.

It is tear gas season in Uganda again. The reported black-out of news coverage notwithstanding, some videos are in circulation. One shows a shopping arcade in central Kampala being evacuated by mainly young people with their arms raised in surrender.

“The monarchy is a luxury that Swazi’s cannot afford. It is like a blood-sucking parasite that has sucked its host dry”, says Swazi activist Bheki Dlamini.

British Prime Minister David Cameron described Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt.” Many Nigerians are reacting to this comment.  Some believe the British politician said it either in bad or good faith. Assuming this labeling is even correct, one is tempted to ask to know the motive.

Introduction

The young car-washers of the Mathare slums become acquainted with police brutality at an early age.

It is my submission that presidents owe us good governance when they are in office and owe us another obligation when they retire - and that is to explain to the nation the reasons they made certain choices of crucial importance when they were in power.

The Italian saying, Tutto il mondo è paese, (meaning people are the same the world over), came to mind recently, as I struggled to follow the analyses of the New York Democratic primary election of 2016.