There are three types of beauty, 1) Political Beauty, 2) Artificial Beauty and 3) Genuine Beauty. This is what I argue, among other things, in Pretty, a documentary series exploring different ideas of beauty across the globe. Watch my episode in the clip below. Then if you would like to hear more of my thoughts…
Archives for June 2015
If my mother were still alive
My mother will never read this blogpost As she died three weeks ago today. She won’t call me as she did at times to say that she’s noticed a typo. I am not misspelling my words. She won’t call me, either, to debate the content. Death has no opposition. Death has no ifs, buts…
Intellectual development is as important as economic development
If I could change only one thing when it comes to African affairs, it would be that we focus on intellectual development as much as we focus on economic development. I made this argument, among others, in an interview with Charles Aniagolu on “Talking Africa”, ARISE TV’s weekly programme on current affairs last week. Check it out below….