Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Before We Rethink Western Liberal Democracy in Africa

I would like to begin by congratulating His Ex-Excellency, General Olusegun Obasanjo, (Retired), on the…

Forward This?  Maybe Not!

This is for you if, as I assume, you are like many human beings in…

On Knowledge and Security

It was a Nigerian wit who once said: “Those who do not seek knowledge when…

The Saga of Professor Gbogbonṣe, a.k.a. Awogbaàrùn

  By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò I want to tell you a story.This is the story of…

As You Call Your Calabash, So Will the World Use It

By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò I am now convinced beyond all doubts, reasonable, unreasonable, unreasoned, reasoned, reasonless,…

How We Killed Favour Daley-Oladele

By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò I would like to start by acknowledging the recent piece by the…

The Day Botswana Stopped Being an African Country

By Femi Taiwo On June 11, this year, the Lobatse High Court in Gaborone, Botswana’s…

Reflections on Nigeria’s Elections: From A Distance

Here is Professor Olufemi Taiwo's critique of the 2019 elections from the perspectives of a…

The Kingibe Question

By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò I had thought that time had passed on my Kingibe question with…

Restructuring: Two Examples and

By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò It has been a while since last I contributed to the discussion…