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Daily Archives: July 19, 2012

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IDLEMINDSET | PROPHECY 101: THUS, SAYS NOT THE LORD

Posted on July 19, 2012 by ayosogunro • 16 Comments

Today’s topic in Prophecy 101: How To Prophesy and Not Get Caught.  But first, a little introduction on the Nigerian mentality–our favourite topic on this blog. Ordinarily, there’s something enjoyable about watching someone stake his credibility on the uncertainty of the future.  If he effs up, God willing, we’ll be waiting to stone him with … Continue reading →

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Writer. Scholar. Activist. Teacher. Lawyer. Still doing what I enjoy doing: using law for social change to protect the most vulnerable and marginalised in society.
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THE PARADOXICAL LIFESTYLE OF THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN IS THE SUM OF THIS BOOK... My relentless pursuit of an understanding of the survival abilities of the average Nigerian in a system that is definitely dysfunctional. Some of us complain, some of us protest, some of us go spiritual and still many others go material, and also a few of us turn to the arts for solace—we write, not to cure other people of madness, but to avoid going mad ourselves…

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Death in the Dawn, a short play adapted from Wole Soyinka's poem of the same name, is a tragicomic exploration of Nigerian social values through the passionate interaction of some unlikely debaters.

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