How will future historians remember the Great American History War of the 2020s? This question is not as facetious as it sounds. Across the nation, history or rather, history education is under fire. From kindergarten to college, classrooms have become cultural battlegrounds. In Florida, the proposed expansion of the 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act (the “Don’t.
Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine, and Republicans are true to form. They blame Democrats for it, though prominent right-wing spokespeople are giving Putin praise, glory and honor for the invasion.
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Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande died on Thursday February 11. Twenty one years ago (July 1999), when he turned 70, he granted an interview to Nigerian Tribune’s Lasisi Olagunju and Debo Abdulai at his Ilupeju residence in Lagos. LKJ, in his Buba and Sokoto, sitting in his garage, on a mere bench, came forcefully across as a man of very simple means. Yet, he said he was very satisfied with life. The interview, originally published by the Nigerian Tribune on 25 July, 1999 is reproduced here, in part, in honour of his memory.
Your simplicity is very striking. For one, you don’t wear agbada and you don’t ride flashy cars except your Toyota Crown. What could be responsible for that sir?