The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday January 26th, 2022 – Australia Day – Indian Republic Day
Nigerian exceptionalism by Kola King
Nigeria is a unique and vibrant country. It is regarded as the giant of Africa. It has the biggest population on the continent and it is the leading economy. Nigeria is exceptional in so many ways. Her people are vibrant, dynamic and energetic, and are of an exuberant temperament. Nigeria’s exceptionalism is the reason why a nation of 250 ethnic groups cobbled together by the British has been able to cohabit and co-exist, despite the stress and strains pulling at the seams threatening to tear the fabric apart. Instead of giving in, Nigeria constantly rebounds from the edge of the precipice, to the consternation and shock of both her friends and foes. It is fitting to say that Nigeria is the exception to the rule. Her strength lies in her diversity.
But, clearly, Nigeria is a work-in- progress. Since gaining independence from Britain, it has witnessed several back-to-back coups, some violent and bloody enough to see three heads of state killed — one civilian and two military. The nation has been visited by the holocaust of a bloody civil war and sectarian violence. And now another bloody insurgency has blossomed and ballooned in its northeastern region. Besides, full-scale banditry in the northwest and parts of the north central has added a new dimension to the security situation. This has also given birth to a generation of malevolent kidnappers.
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Frederick Sound #poem by George Cassidy Payne
“Before the finned
dinosaurs of the Icy
emptiness”
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Enduring Stain: The Guantanamo Military Prison Turns Twenty by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
Anniversaries for detention centres, concentration camps and torture facilities are not the relishable calendar events in the canon of human worth. But not remembering them, when they were used, and how they continue being used, would be unpardonable amnesia.
On January 11, 2002, the first prisoners of the absurdly named “War on Terror”, declared with such confused understanding by US President George W. Bush, began arriving at the newly constructed Camp X-Ray prison at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay. Structurally crude, it was intended as a temporary facility, remote and out of sight. Instead, it became a permanent and singular contribution of US political and legal practice, withering due process and civil liberties along the way.
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Worming #027 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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