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!
Category: inspirational
Quality Education; Removing the ‘Crazy’ in Democracy
Truth is: no society can afford NOT to educate her young properly. don’t stop now… read on!
50 Queries for the Nigerian Godfather
Is ‘godfather’ a totally dirty word? Are there good godfathers who want nothing (much) in return for their political patronage, who are happy with the odd Christmas/Sallah Ghana-mus’-go bag? Or don’t stop now… read on!
A Minute of Silence for a Dead Tongue
This weekend, the last living speakers of yet another endangered language will be buried, sending the tongue into extinction. Shall we observe a minute of silence? You might ask, why: don’t stop now… read on!
Television Strike
I woke up and switched on television. I remember exactly what I saw: an old woman in a housecoat, lying on a couch. For minutes, she stared at the camera with don’t stop now… read on!
A Cashew Dies
My biggest tree is a cashew and it died overnight. The crack came at 3am. There was neither wind nor rain. I came awake, unsure of the source of the noise that roused don’t stop now… read on!
Dear Uwachommadu,
You are young, perhaps barely out of primary school, and you are still wondering why your parents saddled you with this strange, seven-syllable Igbo name that none of your classmates don’t stop now… read on!
“I will make you Slavers of Men”
I read the article with sadness. It was intelligent and well-reasoned, the product of a brilliant mind. Yet, I could not follow the serpentine contortions of the logic as the don’t stop now… read on!
The Second-Best Reason for Our Lives
Are you where you should be? Can you help it? don’t stop now… read on!
Ali & the Promise of May
What can humanly be done? The Bribecode. don’t stop now… read on!