Transforming Igbo mindset/paradigm
- by Emeka Njoku
Transforming Nigeria, Igboland and Blacks” on Kwenu.com, I highlighted various issues facing Nigeria, Igboland and Blacks worldwide. Specifically, I dealt with the lack of leadership, the mental disorder (perverted thinking or “Oga” and “bigmanism”) and the worship of money, power
Read MoreReligious Crisis, Terrorism, and Our Security.
This must be a very difficult time for Nigerians and Nigeria itself, especially with recent events such as; Bauchi crisis (Kala Kato), the attempt to blow up flight 253 by Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the second Nigerian who caused a security
Read MoreFatherhood and family in the 19th and in the 20th Century
There has been fluctuation than sustained increase in the interest in fathering during the past century (Atkinson, et al, 1993). Without doubt, the examination of fatherhood and family in the nineteenth and the twentieth century have been explored from different
Read MoreTaming the Existential Dilemma
I am very conversant with the tenets of renowned thinkers. I was into Marx, Heidegger, Satre, Camus, Russell, Engels, Fuerbach, Comte, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Descartes, Levinas, Chomsky, just to name but a few.
Read MorePhilosophy of Proof Analysis
Desire to know is the fundamental drive of human ingenuity and progress. In the realm of epistemology (theory of knowledge), there is a definite demarcation between facts that are self evident, a priori, and those that are proved to be
Read MoreOf Death, Rumours, Curses And Superstitions
In a classic illustration of how rumours and hearsay work, Mark Twain described in his autobiography how news that a cousin was dying quickly metamorphosed into the “scoop” that Twain himself was dead.
Read MoreCrime, Justice and Punishment: Bode George as a Case Study
Since the BIG news broke, I have been agonising. I don’t know whether I should consider this as a victory, justice, retribution, or insult. Like many Nigerians, home and abroad who heard or read the news of Bode George and
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History lesson: Boom For The Bleeding Giant by Cameron Duodo
Nigeria turned 49 on 1st October 2009. Incidentally, I turned 53 the following week on 12th October, 2009, which means for all intent and purposes, I am older than my country by 4 years. I spent the Independence Day in
Read MoreViolence and physical abuse against children: implication to modern families
What is Child abuse? There are many formal and unacceptable definitions of child abuse. Any acceptable definition has some emotional and social consequences to our modern families. I intent to offer some guideline information on child abuse and neglect as
Read MoreRacism in arts and two good hearts
September 11 2009 is a day that Belgium-based Nigerian artist Godfrey Williams-Okorodus will not forget in a hurry. Godfrey has been championing a campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) using art as the tool of his campaign.
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