A Personal TributebyProf. Terhemba Wuam,Department of History,Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria.Honourable Shima Tordue Ayati, served Nigeria at all the three tiers of government. He was a Councillor at the local government level, Special Assistant and Special Adviser at the state level; and a Presidential Aide at the federal level. His time as LG councillor (1987-1989)Continue reading “Honourable Shima Ayati, 1959-2024: A Political and Intellectual Legacy”
Author Archives: Terhemba Wuam
NYSC and the Nigerian Experience
Terhemba Wuam The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is perhaps the most hallowed and respected of Nigeria’s institutions. Established in 1973it has come to represent a rite of passage of for all graduates under the age of 30. Service apart from the reluctance expressed by the very first batch of the NYSC, when it wasContinue reading “NYSC and the Nigerian Experience“
Alexander Madiebo Fades Away
Author: Alexander A. Madiebo Book Title: The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran Civil War. Publisher: Fourth Dimension Publishing Co. Ltd., Enugu, 1980. ISBN: 978-156117-3. Pages xii+410. Terhemba Wuam Alexander A. Madiebo’s career as a soldier lasted for seventeen years. He joined the Nigerian army and served the Nigerian federation for 14 years. In the NigerianContinue reading “Alexander Madiebo Fades Away“
Justice James Ogebe: His Life and the Court in Nigeria
Book Title: Justice under the Shadow of the Almighty: My Life Sojourn to the Supreme Court Author: Honourable Justice James Ogebe, JSC, Rtd. Publisher: NiU Nation Publishers, Ile-Ife. ISBN: 979-8-6373-3107-9 Pages: xxvi+306 Terhemba Wuam In 2020, Justice James Ogebe, JSC published his autobiography. If a reader were taking up the book for legal insight, perhapsContinue reading “Justice James Ogebe: His Life and the Court in Nigeria“
African Peace Foundation and World Peace Promotion
Terhemba Wuam Book Title: Peace Culture: A Monumental Evidence for Global Co-Existence Author: Ola Makinwa and Others Publisher: African Peace Foundation, Abuja. ISBN:: 978-978-086-908-3 Pages: l+436 Towards the end of the twentieth century, Africa was increasingly considered in the international community as a hopeless case for peace and the development of a peace culture. DecadesContinue reading “African Peace Foundation and World Peace Promotion“
The Beneficent Fruits of Capitalism: Yuval Noah Harari’s Capitalist Creed
Book Title: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Author: Yuval Noah Harari Publishers: Vintage, London Year: 2011 ISBN: 9780099590088 Pages: 498 Terhemba Wuam In 2011 Yuval Noah Harari published his wonderful book on the story of Homo Sapiens. Due to its impact and influence, we recall it more than a decade after. Yuval Noah HarariContinue reading “The Beneficent Fruits of Capitalism: Yuval Noah Harari’s Capitalist Creed”
Change and Transformation: Women and Youth Agency in the Fourth Republic
Terhemba Wuam Book Title: Culture, Democracy and Security in Nigeria Editors: Ado Muhammed Yahuza and Audee T. Giwa Publisher: Kraft Books Limited, Ibadan. Year: 2020 Pages: 89 pages ISBN: 978-978-918-725-6 Insecurity is now an inescapable part of the lexicon when discussing the state of human affairs in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. The exhilaration with which NigeriansContinue reading “Change and Transformation: Women and Youth Agency in the Fourth Republic”
Book Extract: Prof. David Iyornongu Ker who died on 27 August 2021 would have been 71 on 6 June 2022. This essay “David Iyornongu Ker: A Man of Letters Role and Impact,” appeared as chapter one in Y.A. Ochefu, P.I. Ukase, P.T. Vande and N.O. Doki, eds., Odysseys of an Academic Administrator and Politician: Essays in Honour of Professor David I. Ker at Seventy, Greatnex Publishers, Makurdi, 2021. The volume was published to mark his seventieth birthday.
David Iyornongu Ker: A Man of Letter’s Role and Impact Terhemba Wuam Introduction The time is ripe for an appreciation of the role of Professor David Iyornongu Ker in the intellectual firmament of Nigeria. Such an attempt calls for first, an appraisal and evaluation of his impact on literature in Nigeria and, second, his contributionsContinue reading “Book Extract: Prof. David Iyornongu Ker who died on 27 August 2021 would have been 71 on 6 June 2022. This essay “David Iyornongu Ker: A Man of Letters Role and Impact,” appeared as chapter one in Y.A. Ochefu, P.I. Ukase, P.T. Vande and N.O. Doki, eds., Odysseys of an Academic Administrator and Politician: Essays in Honour of Professor David I. Ker at Seventy, Greatnex Publishers, Makurdi, 2021. The volume was published to mark his seventieth birthday.”
Nigerian Politics and the Fear of Political Marginalisation
Book Title: J.S. Tarka: The Dilemma of Ethnic Minority Politics in Nigeria Author: Godwin Nyor Hembe Publishers: Aboki Publishers, Makurdi Pages: pp. xxiv+453 Year: 2003 ISBN: 978-8098-03-7 This is a retrospective take on Professor Godwin Nyor Hembe’s magnum opus, published almost twenty years ago. It offers a fundamental analysis of Nigerian politics from the ethnicContinue reading “Nigerian Politics and the Fear of Political Marginalisation”
Building Democracy without Tyranny: Lessons for Nigeria
Terhemba Wuam Book Title: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Author: Timothy Snyder Publisher: Tim Duggan Books, 2017 ISBN: Ebook, 9780804190121 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century was a response to Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 elections that made him the 45th president of the United States of America. AccordingContinue reading “Building Democracy without Tyranny: Lessons for Nigeria”
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