Colleagues think this is shaping up to become a high-impact article. Difficult to disagree with this 10-tweet thread on the insights derived from the article by this Crown-commissioned report on UK construction industry and the resilience of its contracts 👇🏾
1. Our partner @dejitoye's article for @unibolawreview continues to extend its influence on the landscape of contract law & economics. It is extensively cited/quoted in this signal report on post-pandemic resilience of UK building sector contracts. @PROTECT_NCS@AshtonInstitute
Wole Soyinka and American novelist, Russell Banks, disagree on the relationships between experience, imagination and empathy. They were visiting the West Bank as guests of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in 2002.
R-L: Wole Soyinka, Yasser Arafat, film director Oliver Stone, American writer Russell Banks, and Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in Ramallah, West Bank sometime in 2002.
Source: Middle East Monitor.
Justice Idun's daughter is the famous Ghanaian writer/broadcaster Frances Ademola. An active participant in the Mbari/Makerere initiatives of the time, she published one of the earliest anthologies of major Nigerian writers. She was also daughter-I-L of the first Nigerian CJN.
Sir Samuel Okai Quarshie-Idun (1902–1966) was a prominent Gold Coast (Ghanaian) jurist who left a lasting legacy on Nigeria's legal system by serving as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Western Nigeria from 1960 to 1964.
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Dr. Ayodeji "George" Oyejola, one of the modernizers who went on to form Egba United Government--the micro-state that secured its independence from Lagos Colony in 1893 until Lugard forced them to give it up during the 1914 amalgamation. He was Medical Officer of the EUG hospital
The Red Book of West Africa by Allister Macmillan.
Published year: 1920:
It was like a "Who's Who and Business Directory" for colonial West Africa. Profiles of prominent Africans and Europeans, companies, trade stats, etc.
Now You Know
@tobiasdupree Awo's post-Prison phase evolved beyond earlier competitive towards more cooperative models of federalism, realising citizens deserve common access to minimum level of social development regardless of regional capacity. He's more wont to be cited today for his competitive model.
@nwoko_greg62705@Agy6Antwi@Ga_Spaces The Saro and other coastal people circulated across West Africa at the time. E.g., there's a Jenkins-Harrison family branch in Cape Coast today, from a child of the Nigerian lawyer who settled and raised his family there. Besides Yoruba first names, they're now pretty much Fante.
The E.J.L. Harrison in this Macmillan Red Book refers to Wole Soyinka's grandfather, Emmanuel Jenkins Harrison.
WS' mum was born Eniola Jenkins Harrison. The more recognisable Ransome-Kuti name is from her own maternal line.
The Red Book of West Africa by Allister Macmillan.
Published year: 1920:
It was like a "Who's Who and Business Directory" for colonial West Africa. Profiles of prominent Africans and Europeans, companies, trade stats, etc.
Now You Know
@dejitoye Clear where the nose comes from.
PS: EJ Harrison was also a returnee Saro, in the mould of the Thomases and Crowthers -- which probably explains a lot in their future crossed paths.
Will somebody get Okey Ndibe's name off the DSS watchlist? He's been having this border crossing problem since the Jonathan era. He should be considered a failure now if he's not successfully detonated a bomb for over 15years. Haba!
BREAKING: Professor Okey Ndibe Arrested By SSS
Prof Okey Ndibe, the distinguished novelist, academic and public intellectual, arrived Nigeria this morning from his base in the United States of America, and he is being detained by the State Security Services (SSS).
@nwoko_greg62705 Michael Okpara actually became a medical doctor in the 70s--he studied in Scotland after the civil war. He was a paramedic before then.
This is a good development. There's been such an embarassing level of hand-wringing across board recently. Stakeholders should be exercising their agency and civic power more.
Oyo NUT declares indefinite strike over abd¥cted Ogbomoso students
The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has declared an indefinite strike in Oyo State following the continued captivity of teachers and students k+dnapped in Oriire Local Government Area.
Under the directive, all primary and secondary school teachers across the state are to withdraw their services from Monday, June 1, 2026, until the victims are released unconditionally.
The union also ordered all its state chapters nationwide to stage solidarity rallies on Tuesday, June 2, with protests expected to end at various Government Houses across the country.
In a joint statement signed by NUT National President, Comrade Audu Titus Amba, and Secretary General, Dr. Clinton J. Ikpitibo, the union said it was deeply worried over the worsening condition of the victims who have remained in captivity since May 15.
The NUT lamented that despite repeated appeals to authorities and security agencies, there has been no meaningful progress in rescuing the abd¥ctor educators and students.
Tension reportedly increased after reports emerged that some victims may have d+ed in captivity. The union also referenced emotional videos allegedly released from the k+dnappers’ den, showing an abd¥ted school principal and teacher pleading with the Federal Government, the Oyo State Government, the union, and the public to intervene.
According to the NUT, the tra¥ma faced by the victims, their families, and the education sector made the strike unavoidable.
The union stressed that schools, teachers, and students must never become easy targets for criminals, while demanding urgent action from the Federal Government, the Oyo State Government, and security agencies.
It added that education cannot thrive in an atmosphere of fear and insecurity, vowing to continue lawful pressure until all the k+dnapped victims regain their freedom.
For the benefit of younger people who'd read the word "hate" in the quoted post and run with it, Soyinka, as Editor of Transition, had in fact published Chinweizu & Co's tirade and responded to them in the selfsame issue. That was in 1975--5yrs before they turned it into a book.
I know Wole Soyinka probably hates many books, but I believe none as virulent as this one. He went to war with what he called the troika, that is, the three authors of the book. My God, African literary studies used to be vile. Where has that spirit gone?