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This is expressed through identity battles which sometimes harm people of “other” religions and ethnicities. Such battles have even led to a call for the state to be dissolved. In our paper, we trace the history of how this came about. We use frameworks provided by three philosophers and historians. To trace the first phase – what we refer to as the invented phase, from 1885 to 1914 – we use a framework by historians Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger. The second phase we describe as the imagined phase. For this, we draw on a framework provided by political historian Benedict Anderson....

History of divisive ethnic identities shows it's time Nigeria admits its role in enforcing them By Muhammad Dan Suleiman & Benjamin Maiangwa - The Conversation Artificial identities created by colonialists must be deconstructed to attain unity. - Source: Jorge Fernández/GettyImages Listen to article The Nigerian state, as with other African countries, is trapped in a crisis of belonging. This is expressed through identity battles which sometimes harm people of “other” religions and ethnicities. Such battles have even led to a call for the state to be dissolved. In our paper we trace th...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 31 January 2021 As blows of increasing fatalities from COVID-19 pandemic and untimely death of many close friends, especially intellectual colleagues, weigh in lately, I have found myself retreating into my study to engage in largely philosophical reflections, simply as a form of escape. I had asked myself that if revered colleagues continue to be ravaged at this rate, how many eulogies and tributes could one possibly write with a troubled mind that wonders more about meaninglessness and one’s mortality.  In this philosophical state, I found that, even i...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 20 December 2020 Just some few weeks ago, the global community of Africanists and African scholars woke to the sad news of the demise of world-renowned scholar, Peter Ekeh. There is no serious scholar of African studies, or even African-American Studies who has not heard of Ekeh; or even more, who has not read some of Ekeh’s defining intellectual contributions to the understanding of postcolonial Africa. When in 1975, Peter Ekeh wrote and published “Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa,” he would be coherently and systematically dismantling many ...

>> dr. randy marriott, dr. peter ekeh, i appreciate you both joining us this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the shooting in el paso happened at the walmart that is right behind me. a superstore which also sells guns. and this morning there are questions about whether that may change on the heels of this shooting. that's next. wit looks like jill heading offe on an adventure. jill has entresto, a heart failure medicine that helps her heart so she can keep on doing what she loves. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay ali...