The Tragedy of Macbeth: A Cinematic Tour de Force. The Tragedy of Macbeth came at the right time, when i’ve drifted back to Shakespeare, because of the disappointing way his plays invariably terminate. In a Shakespearan tragedy, there’s no happy ending just like tragedy is the meaning of our lives…

Fiat Money, Profit and The Stock Market “The classical economists believed a competitive economic system that maximize the selfish behaviour of man with the gumption of reward would create an economic utopia, but the evolution of the classical model and theory of human behaviour has created an economic dystopia- a…

In Defence of Generalization “The theory of evolution for example is complex, but we can understand the complex mechanism of this natural phenomenon with the simple exegesis of genetic mutation or natural selection. But to those who always want to come across as nuance or subtle- or people who think…

The Age of Enlightenment Most historians and writers of the west have portrayed the Renaissance in Europe as a revival of arts and culture. But this is understandable since the west is a civilisation of fiction writers, marketers, and propagandists. The Renaissance as a case in point was not merely…

“The “independence day” of a murderous contraption, like Nigeria, is a dark humor- not only is the contradictions in the capitalist state killing people who defy it- the nation is on the edge of precipice, leap-frogging towards large scale barbarism with the spike in the numbers of non-state actors, myriads…

“R.Kelly is cancelled by the world, and ostracized from society but his artistic ingenuity is unassailable and invisible- the hand of fate, or the ambition of a moral tragedy seems to fail to bring the art down with the artist” The Anti-climax of R.Kelly I once read Fools Die by…

Note on The Nigerian Conrads Many of us read colonial classics that amplified racist tropes and stereotypes about Africans, African literature was as a matter of fact, a response to the eurocentric portrayal of Africa in these modernist fictions. The themes of these novels were invariably pro-empire, while Africans were…

Our Village People: Urban Myth or Actual People? This is not some trivial topic for most Nigerians; from the urbane in the chaotic bedlam of Lagos, to the peasants in the hinterland across the length and breadth of Nigeria. We are all familiar with these omnipresent, communal people who seem to…

France? Nothing Good Comes Out of It: Myth or Fact? Whenever we hear the word “France", what comes to our mind is a romantic Parisian atmosphere, streaked with gay lights of various hue. We think of a country saturated with love, hanging, and bubbling in the air; the heavenly picturesque…