Archive | April 2016

#PostcardsFromAfrica | Address to the National Conference on Culture and Tourism by Prof. Wole Soyinka

Apr29

April 27, 2016. THE KILLING CULTURE OF THE NEO-NOMADIC by Prof. Wole Soyinka

Prof Soyinka

Culture is closely intertwined with tourism – the former, in fact, often drives the latter. The destination uppermost in the minds of most tourists we know is – Culture. This means that both share friends and – enemies. Of the principal enemies, seeing that we find ourselves within the precincts of governance, I intend to engage your attention in this brief address to just one: Insecurity. That inability of any vacationist to let go completely, relax, submit oneself completely to the offerings of a new environment – the sounds, sights, smells, textures and taste.

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#PostcardsFromAfrica: BREAKING NEWS – President Buhari condemns killer-herdsmen attacks, to meet Enugu governor

Apr27

I Stand With Enugu

– President Buhari condemns Fulani attacks, orders Nigerian army to go after the herdsmen

– The president will meet the governor of Enugu state to discuss current situation

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the recent upsurge in communal violence by suspected herdsmen, and has ordered the police and the military to “take all necessary action to stop the carnage”.

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Eve Ensler’s VAGINA MONOLOGUES is coming to Toronto!

Apr24

“When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet…..The heart is capable of sacrifice. So is the vagina. The heart is able to forgive and repair. It can change it’s shape to let us in. It can expand to let us out. So can the vagina. It can ache for us and stretch for us, die for us and bleed and bleed us into this difficult, wondrous world. So can the vagina….”
~Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues
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