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Self-determination: the issue of our time and a universal right, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú


Self-determination: the issue of our time and a universal right, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
There is nothing subversive about self-determination.
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There is nothing subversive about self-determination. “The post-colonial state can pretend it is absolute, it is not. People are transcending it, bypassing it, subverting it and renegotiating their existence in it or their exit. The most enduring is the ethnonational model of contestation.” Switzerland has a clause of secession.
Nigeria may bury its head in the sand, but self-determination is the issue of our time. Events are moving fast. The crowd pulling stunt by Sunday Igboho in Akure, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s response, and the self-promoting “Southwest” APC summit in Lagos show that self-determination has become the key issue for the Yoruba. No matter the pretence, no leader worth his or her name can ignore it. Those who are seeking to blunt its edges have no sense of history. To ....

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How West African students in London fought for African independence — Quartz Africa


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Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah is greeted by drummer Alf Payne (left) and Nigerian activist Ladipo Solanke (right) at a meeting of the West African Students Union in London in 1951.
March 6, 2021
The former headquarters of the West African Students’ Union (WASU) sits on a residential street in London’s Camden Town. The building would be easy to overlook, as it’s unadorned brickwork offers no clues to its radical past.
But from the mid-1920s until the late 50s, the WASU served as a training ground for a generation of activists including Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, and Nigeria’s H.O Davies who would drive the movement towards independence in their home countries. While there are 172 English Heritage blue plaques dotted around the borough, there is no signpost commemorating the WASU on any of its former London premises. Almost 100 years from its creation, there is a risk that its legacy will be forgotten. ....

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Nigerian Youths: Leaders of Today, Not Tomorrow, By Toyin Falola


Nigerian Youths: Leaders of Today, Not Tomorrow, By Toyin Falola
Youth participation in politics and their roles in government have gained traction amongst Nigerian youths in the last two decades.
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It is thus with this optimism reinforced by gains recorded in youth candidacy in the 2015 elections and the inspiring organisation of the #EndSARS protests that we approach a future of youth leadership. Many ideas are packed into this lecture, and we do have a roadmap to rethink various aspects of youth politics.
Youth participation in politics and their roles in government have gained traction amongst Nigerian youths in the last two decades. Discussing this subject at a well-attended lecture at the University of Texas at Austin on February 9, under the title, “Youth, Politics, and the Future of Nigeria,” Ololade Bamidele, an active member of the Nigerian civil society, a successful career journalist, and currently the secretary to the Editorial Boar ....

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