Tag: Festus Adedayo
Harvest of human chickens for Christmas, by Festus Adedayo
The unnamed woman had just given birth to a baby five days before. Her body was still wet as Yoruba say of mothers who...
Kemi Badenoch: Shettima as flutist with ‘gègè’ on his neck, by...
This past Monday, Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, held the fèèrè (flute) and blew it admirably. However, bystanders listening to the rhythm of his...
Between Farotimi and Afe Babalola, by Festus Adedayo
The question of whether the law of defamation is a hindrance to freedom of speech and a curtailment to democratic process confronted the Burkinabe,...
The Fuji music house of commotion, by Festus Adedayo
Like every lover of Yoruba traditional music, language and culture, I have recently been inundated with requests to lend a voice to the newest...
Remi Tinubu, what has God got to do with it? By...
The above was the question asked by Britons and the rest of the world in the afternoon of May 22, 2013. Close to the...
Nigeria as shock-horror skits, by Festus Adedayo
Skits literally crack ribs with laughter. The line separating fact from fiction or faction (fact and fiction) in skits is paper-thin. An instance was...
Ruto in Davido’s marriage of Anansewa, by Festus Adedayo
The Nigeria of the 1950s and early 1960s had very many interesting personalities. Western Region had its fair share of such. One of them...
Hunger: Northern Nigeria takes its mother to the sky, By Festus...
“Feelers from across most of the states still producing foods, in spite of the rampaging insecurity, reveal that a coordinated attempt is being made...
Ogboni cult in Beta Edu and T.B. Joshua, by Festus Adedayo
The “Edan” is a Yoruba Ogboni cult insignia, an emblem of membership in the Ogboni society. It is a cylindrical duality of male and...
Akwa Ibom’s N32 Billion Yamoussoukro Basilica, By Festus Adedayo
One single thread links Umo Eno, self-styled pastor governor of Akwa Ibom State, his predecessor, Emmanuel Udom and Felix Houphouet-Boigny. It is the religious...
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