MUSIC: Ayinla Omowura and Ayinde Barrister Controversy: Two sides of greatness
Ayinde Barrister had fully baked his Fuji by 1977, having successfully navigated the challenges of the first half of the 70s. 6 min read
There are enough sentiments to throw around over who was the better between Waidi Ayinla Omowura and Sikiru Ayinde Barrister. Tons of emotive writings are being churned out. Many prominent and respected Yoruba intelligentsia, music enthusiasts, and dyed in the wool fans of the two musicians are only stopping short of baying for blood.
Fanaticism is the lot of dogmatic followers. As it is in music, so it is in religion, ethnicity, and sports. People who are fans and adherents are psychologically wired to view issues from a narrow prism. The sentiments must soothe the mind; otherwise, the other person is utterly wrong.
Tinubu, Run! Please, Run!, By Festus Adedayo
I think Tinubu should not to take a plunge into the potentially destructive brackish waters of Nigeria’s presidential contest. This is because, it will make either an MKO Abiola or Umaru Yar’Adua of him. Both paths are ruinous… So, Tinubu, please run, run from the SWAGA gang.
What could have prompted Aunt Adelina to declare in
The Feast of the Goat that, “Well, that’s what politics is, you make your way over corpses…”? After seeing what politics and politicians do with us in Nigeria, should I have asked that question in the first instance? Optimists that Nigerian politicians are, they have started a race ahead of God to the year 2023; and they do not appear to mind stepping on the blood and the corpses of their brothers into the office they covet so badly. While at it, they are most times unmindful of how the people feel about their sprinting ahead of the Creator. Not even the perishability of their selves do they give
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