The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday January 1st, 2022 – Happy New Year!
New Year wishes or New Year resolutions? by Thanos Kalamidas
New Year traditions demand to start an editorial with an account of the year past and continue with wishes and wishful prediction for the year that just started. But both, the account of the year before and the wishing-list for the year to come have stuck in exactly the same thing for the last two years: COVID-19.
It was all about COVID-19 for the year 2020 and it was again all about COVID-19 for the year 2021 and I’m afraid is going to be all about COVID-19 for the year 2021. Vaccines, pills, jabs, anti-vacciners, deniers, conspiracy theories all in huge patch work that somehow marks a new era in our global civilization we like or not to admit it.
Do you remember back in 2001, after the hit into the Twin Towers, in New York, and the new anti-terrorist laws that were enforced under the very pompous “patriot act” name? Do you remember how a lot of people reacted warning that this is perhaps the biggest damage terrorism did? Do you remember how many articles were written about the fact – we actually saw it soon after – that the fear had caused a tremendous hit to human rights? Have you realize that “patriot acts” in deferent places in this world and in the name of the war against terrorism have become a tool for authoritarian regimes like Erdogan’s in Turkey, Putin of Russia or Xi Jinping in China to surpass any kind of opposition?
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Nigeria: A Look Back at 2021 by Kola King
By all accounts, 2021 has turned out to be an annus horribils. It will be remembered as a year of disaster or misfortune. Even President Muhammadu Buhari alluded to this in his Christmas message. It was a year of unprecedented security challenge.
The year was ushered in with buntings and fireworks, not knowing what it held in its womb. There were pious hopes and cautious optimism since many had survived the general lockdown and the toxic effect of coronavirus the previous year. With hindsight, it is a year many would wish to erase from their memories. Generally, life became Hobessian, that is, nasty, brutish and short. From east to west and north to south, Nigerians lived in the mouth of grief, sorrow, tears and blood.
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Manish’s Zodiac Signs Predictions for January 2022 by Manish Kumar Arora
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Worming #25 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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