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: Public Commentary
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!
We Need to Talk about You, South Africa
The big-boned country sat sullenly in the rocking chair. For several minutes, nothing was said by client or doctor. The country’s eyes ranged suspiciously over the room as he rocked don’t stop now… read on!
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 don’t want anything (much) in return for their political godfatherhood, who are happy with the odd Ghana-mus-go at Christmas don’t stop now… read on!
A Short History of a Brief Rebellion in the Alphabet
it started as an uprising against capital letters. the very idea that a class of letters should be larger-than-life contradicted the spirit of equality in the commonwealth of letters. the 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!