Nigerian Sociologist Ebenezer Obadare is asking us to take a closer look at the underlying forces of Nigeria’s political life. In a new book titled Pentecostal Republic, the Kansas University professor tackles one of the country’s sore points–the persistent interference of religion in politics. Ever since colonialism, religion has always been a key component in […]
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The Revenge of Oscar Wilde by Ebenezer Obadare
Last week, Britain showed that it was on its way to joining the band of countries where gay marriage is legal. Using the figure of Oscar Wilde, Nigerian sociologist, Ebenezer Obadare, takes a look at the past and tells as that last week’s victory has been a long hard fight for equality and might mean that […]
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