Kenya has this year lost two of its eminent intellectual powerhouses to the ancestral world. The death of Prof B.A. Ogot and Prof. Ngugi wa Thiongó, in January and May, respectively, presented the ...

By Toyin Falola One of the central issues in the lecture delivered by Professor Adelaja Odukoya, Dean of the University of ...

December 8, 2024: Professor Nuhu Yaqub was with us in Abuja, in the company of great minds—Jibrin Ibrahim, Yakubu Ochefu, Chris Ogbogbo, Aisha Maikudi, Chido Onuma, Tunji Olaopa, Paul and Paula Edeh, ...

We had been bending so long that our children thought that the human body was meant to have a curved back. We had whispered so long that silence became our inheritance, passed from grandmother to ...

It is no longer news that Nigerian citizens in South Africa have, at different times, been subjected to Xenophobic attacks. Recent developments suggest that the situation has once again escalated to a ...

I am delighted to congratulate Professor Julius Adekunle for receiving the 2026 Kwame Nkrumah Award for Service to Pan-Africanism from the University of Texas at Austin. The award goes to an African ...

State authorities should penalize parents and guardians who accuse or abuse their children or wards in the name of witchcraft. A recent incident in Bayelsa necessitated this appeal. In this case, a ...

In a fresh outbreak of violence in Borno State, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Monday invaded Government Day Secondary School in ...

According to Onanuga, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for the High Commissioner-designate, Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu. Similarly, France has sent ...

Renowned Professor of History Toyin Falola has published a new book with the title Ifá Priestcraft: Ifáyemí Elébuìbon And Yorùbá Ancestral Knowledge Systems. The 420-page book was published by the ...

It is no longer a secret that the Emperor of our land and his gang are doing everything in the books to destroy democracy. The continued caricature of democracy in our land has reached a despicable ...

The idea behind TOFAC 2026 is based on a recurring question in the history of intellectual Africa. The foundation of TOFAC is laid on this premise to examine the “origins” of people, particularly when ...