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Malik Ade Olu

Malik Ade Olu

Equating Colonial Languages with Superior Knowledge: Projection of Racial Inferiority in Africa

The greatness of great people is first incubated in imaginations and ideologies before reflecting in reality. Similarly, the weakness of…

Apr 19

Equating Colonial Languages with Superior Knowledge: Projection of Racial Inferiority in Africa

Apr 19

Malik Ade Olu

Are You The Bastard in the House

There is this Yoruba saying that ọmọ àlè l’ó ń fi ọwọ́ òsì júwe ilé e bàbá ẹ̀, roughly meaning that it is the unwanted or bastard child…

Jan 29

Jan 29

Malik Ade Olu

Your Culture is Superior to your Religion: the Dangers of Replacing Cultures with Religions

Your Culture is Superior to your Religion: The Dangers of Replacing Cultures with Religions

Dec 3, 2023

Dec 3, 2023

Malik Ade Olu

The Habit of Controlling Women’s Body is Un-African: It is Part of complex Abuse of Power Over the…

The Habit of Controlling Women’s Body is Un-African; It is Part of complex Abuse of Power Over the ‘Other’

Oct 8, 2023

Oct 8, 2023

Malik Ade Olu

Osun: A Supreme River in Danger

Ọ̀ṣun: A Supreme River in Danger

Aug 29, 2023

Osun: A Supreme River in Danger

Aug 29, 2023

Malik Ade Olu

Lessons from Yoruba Apprenticeship System

Recently I visited the computer (printing) shop of my secondary school classmate, Boye in my remote Èkìtì town. Boye is one of the people I…

Jul 26, 2023

Lessons from Yoruba Apprenticeship System

Jul 26, 2023

Malik Ade Olu

Yoruba Household Architecture: An Example of Yoruba-Centric Democracy

Have you ever seen a traditional Yoruba household before? I will not blame you if you have not; how would you, when many of the traditional…

Jun 12, 2023

Jun 12, 2023

Malik Ade Olu

The Power of Mother Tongue

Recently, I was travelling on a public bus, and a ca.12-year old co-passenger asked for my phone to make a call. The boy was probably going…

May 31, 2023

May 31, 2023

Malik Ade Olu

Yoruba Women’s Resilience Against Discriminations in Colonial and Postcolonial Nigeria: The Case…

Colonialism — a situation whereby a certain category of people control and exploit the life, history, narrative, culture, economy, etc…

May 17, 2023

Yoruba Women’s Resilience Against Discriminations in Colonial and Postcolonial Nigeria: The Case…

May 17, 2023

Malik Ade Olu

Yoruba is Egungun, Egungun is Yoruba

Somebody sent me an appalling email recently. The email question was simple: Is masquerade beneficial to the Yoruba people? As a person…

Apr 27, 2023

Apr 27, 2023

Malik Ade Olu

Malik Ade Olu

Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Researcher, Critical Thinking, Cultural and Gender, Men's Masculinity Studies, Theories of Modern SocietyYoruba-Ekiti, Africa,

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