Guns & Irony (Human Security in the Age of Insecurity)
My mother was a retailer of wisdom. She did not dispense it wholesale in the course of a childhood. Well into my thirties she found circumstance to deploy pithy idioms don’t stop now… read on!
Author: Nwokolo Chuma
50 Dadiyata Questions
How many annoying questions can a citizen tweet before he is ‘Disappeared’ forever in Nigeria? don’t stop now… read on!
The Hooker Intellectual
The great crime of the public intellectual is the pimping of intellect, the prostitution of a gift of rationality to the service of paymasters. Yet, at one level, this is don’t stop now… read on!
A Fourth Dimension of Plagiarist
Folks who’d never steal a grain of rice from a trader would think nothing of carting away containers of a writer’s blood and sweat. don’t stop now… read on!
Chasing the Tail of the African Revolution
Shall we Break it Down? To ‘chase one’s tail’ means to take vigorous action that doesn’t lead to meaningful progress in the long run. It is an idiom inspired by don’t stop now… read on!
A Supra Human Love
She gave her love to her children’s killer. don’t stop now… read on!
‘DSS’, Court Invasions & The Revolution Next Time
Now that some of the dust has settled, it is a good time to review dispassionately the free-for-all wrestling that took place last week in the Federal High Court no don’t stop now… read on!
If I am Plagiarist
A few days ago, my young friend, Chekwube Nwa-Abugu brought the movie, If I am President, to my attention. He had spoken glowingly of the film on his Facebook timeline. don’t stop now… read on!
The Jonestown in Everytown
The words of a cult-leader are the walls of a dungeon, imprisoning his followers in his interpretation of scripture don’t stop now… read on!
The Bleeding of the Niger; Justice, Bribecode, and the War Next Time
The war next time is upon us now. The fire we refused to quench when it was burning our neighbour’s house is now a wildfire, ravaging our land. The ‘I’ word, impunity. Ordinary citizens find the reins of public office and give the middle finger to nation: I can do what I like, when I like, without consequence. don’t stop now… read on!