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Daily Archives: January 27, 2016

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[Sunday Punch] THE SADDEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD | by Ayo Sogunro

Posted on January 27, 2016 by ayosogunro • Leave a comment

There is something baffling about the constant need by the people who do these things to measure human happiness. For example, in a 2010 Gallup Poll, Nigerians were described as the happiest people on earth, last week, some five years later, Nigeria was ranked as the third happiest country in Africa. Well, so what? True, … Continue reading →

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Everything in Nigeria is Going To Kill You

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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The Wonderful Life of Senator Boniface and other Sorry Tales

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My Book: Death in the Dawn

Death in the Dawn by Ayo Sogunro

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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