When I did the tribute on our two fallen activists, Yinka Odumakin and Innocent Nwankwo, titled, “My Prolonged Trance Over Yinka & Innocent,” little did I envisaged that it would stir the hornet nest and evoke so much controversy and brickbats particularly within the country’s radical revolutionary movement.
Almost everywhere I turned, someone was waiting to pick issues, throw some darts or simply upbraid me with the edge of their tongue. Whether on my facebook wall, deafening phone calls or via physical engagements, the debates over the piece have been heated with some impugning all manner of motives.
There were also those who rather than being locked in some doctrinaire positions, sided with my views that Marxist-Leninist theory is a tool for analysing, explaining and understanding our society and not a dogma. I should however be a little upbeat that at least many were indeed tickled by the 1,885 word tribute.
Dubawa Kick-starts 2021 Fact-checking Training To Combat Misinformation
Twenty-six successful applicants will undergo a training that will equip them to combat the widespread regime of misinformation aka ‘fake news’ in the West African sub-region.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 19, 2021
West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, Dubawa, has started the induction of twenty-six fellows into its 2021 class of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the sub-region.
The platform, under the aegis of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, announced the commencement of the yearly fellowship in Abuja on Monday.
Having run for three consecutive years, the 2021 fellowship is christened Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship in honour of Ghanaian Professor, Kwame Karikari.
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For Edwin Madunagu, A Revolutionary Icon, At 75, By Chido Onumah
A humanist per excellence, Eddie brought panache and mathematical meticulousness in explaining even the most complex of historical, political, and ideological issues. 7 min read
Essentially, what Professor Jeyifo is saying in describing Eddie’s vast and complex body of work is that he (Eddie) shows us that “no meaningful conversation exists” among Nigerians about the future of the country. “What we have is a dialogue of the deaf and the damned. A dialogue of the “deaf” because interlocutors and disputants in our national conversation don’t take the time to listen at all to one another…