Category: Culture
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Okunnade Sijuade, the fiftieth Ooni of Ife, becoming one in 1980, was born 1 January, 1930 to the son of Adelekan Olubuse I who was the first Ooni to venture out of his domain, and who in 1903, ended a controversy among traditional rulers on the invitation of the Lagos colonial government. By the time…
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Ademuyiwa Haastrup was a flamboyant Lagos auctioneer and Local Methodist church preacher in Remo. Haastrup was an Ijesha prince with some maternal connections with Akarigbo Oyebajo. He was born to an Ifa priest in 1863 but was adopted as a child by Christians, hence his name, Joseph Pythagoras Haastrup. He later took a native name,…
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In this editorial of The Nigerian Provincial Guardian of 17 April, 1937, originally titled; “Education of the Mind,” the writer discusses what ought to be the object of education for the youth. The chief objects of mental education are to cultivate and discipline the mind, and to store it with those great facts and principles…
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Praxis as a theory entails the development of a revolutionary doctrine which will enable one to understand the basic force in history and the possibilities for developing or revolutionary movement so that men can gain control over their lives. Unlike positivism which refers to practise as an utilitarian category, revolutionary praxis affirms that practise is…
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Razak Okoya is an Industrialist, and famous manufacturer of household utensils. From apprentiship he rose to become a billionaire. Born in 1940, Okoya did not pursue formal education beyond the elementary which he acquired at Ansar-un-deen School, Oke Popo, Lagos. He chose business over white collar jobs when he observed in his impressionable years, the…
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Regency is the system where an institution is conferred with the duty of governing a kingdom or country during a monarch’s childhood, illness or absence. Following an Oba’s demise, the politics, complexities and intrigues of the process of selecting another very often tax the wisdom and maturity of even seasoned kingmakers who have had previous…
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Paganism in different world societies, has been a reserved term for unsanctioned religious practices, used for undeveloped tribal forms of spiritual devotion. The religion of the Yoruba before the advent of Europeans was animistic although the animism curiously features many monotheistic elements, such as the belief in one Supreme Being, Olodumare, who is above all other…