Akanimo

Biomedical scientist, curious sceptic, humanist,seeker of knowledge and truth, lover of beauty, justice advocate, with an eclectic taste.

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@TheFavoredWoman A popular saying goes:

"Every brick in Liverpool was built with tin from Jos."

highlighting how the wealth and raw materials (especially tin) extracted from the Jos Plateau by the British were heavily used to build up industrial and port cities like Liverpool and Manchester.

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@R_eq_uin "Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone's head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children."
Amilcar Cabral

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@DavidHundeyin The visionless Nigerian "elites" prefer to be big fishes in a dirty little pond. This is not sustainable.

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@Dei_Carteli @PriestRitchie @R_eq_uin Like!! From the way they're blabbing, you would think these are goods of ostentation, luxury items, or some niche high-tech machinery. All this hullabaloo about "markets" is ontop essential/basic consumer goods like cocoa, textiles, leather, and steel. 🤡🤡

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@VERITY_HQ Lol. Magatte Wade wanna be.

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@R_eq_uin 😂😂 Very soon they will say you are Hausa, seeing that Abacha's image is on your profile. Na u be Wazobia o

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@Igbani27243 "It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white; if it catches mice, it's a good cat." — Deng Xiaoping

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The catcher in the Rye(a).
See what I did there?😌

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@Igbani27243 @gimem_biyapo @DavidHundeyin Well compared to most Nigerians and Africans it didn't. Achebe clocked all of that in his mid to late 20s. That's quite impressive.

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@DavidHundeyin Check out the works of Demas Nwoko in this direction. I wish his ideas were promoted and mainstreamed, but alas, the culture of anyhowness fostered by an imperceptive political class/system reigns.

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@Jabez_invests Books

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@kemslai @DanielofTruth 😂😂

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@anthropoorlogy He predicted with glee the rise and dominance of the Chinese in the 21st century. He tried his hands also at politics but failed. He has done more than most for Africa. Reducing him to a pawn is a bit disrespectful.

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@anthropoorlogy To fight in his own way: teaching the next generation. His lectures at Brown, Amherst, and other institutions across the world were decidedly anti-imperial and pan-African. And contrary to what you said, he had a deep respect for the Russians especially their literature and China

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@bankeyson At this point it wouldn't be far-fetched to assume Atiku is a mole or playing spoiler, because how do you explain this level of short-sighted selfish ambition?

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@Jabez_invests Prayers up, blessings up.✌️

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@DavidHundeyin Who in their right senses wouldn't leave with such meagre pay and ill treatment for something better? Isn't this a microcosm of why they, before thinking themselves to be exposed, well-traveled, and having money, left Nigeria in the first place?

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@Igbani27243 Also check out books from Africa's 100 best books of the 20th century. A landmark compilation from the Zimbabwe International Book Fair of 2002. A very rigorous and authoritative list spanning fiction, poetry, scholarship, and children's books.

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@real_adba @KNcreator took the words right out of my mouth