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COLUMNIST: FEMI AKOMOLAFE

Africa: On The Certificate Factories We Call Universities

Africa: On The Certificate Factories We Call Universities

12 hours ago | Feature Article

This piece grew out of my reply to a recent WhatsApp group discussion. I greatly expanded on my contributions. There ...

Aug 14, 2026 | Feature Article

There is something almost comically farcical about Nigeria rsquo;s approaching election in the state of Osun. Comical ...

Aug 12, 2026 | Feature Article

ldquo;Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it. rdquo; n ...

Aug 11, 2026 | Feature Article

I was ushered into Ghana rsquo;s seat of government, the Flagstaff House, after passing through three serious checkpoint ...

Aug 8, 2026 | Feature Article

The headquarters of the Institute for Sustainable Dependency stood majestically on a hill near Accra, overlooking the ve ...

Aug 6, 2026 | Feature Article

As Africans, what does it mean for one man, however brilliant and innovative, to hold a trillion dollars while millions ...

Aug 1, 2026 | Feature Article

That was when the national grid collapsed completely, comprehensively, leaving flummoxed citizens scratching their heads ...

Jul 29, 2026 | Feature Article

Today, we will leave geopolitics and Pan-Africanism aside and pick up the thread of the series: The Heroes That Molded M ...

Jul 28, 2026 | Feature Article

South African President Ramaphosa is currently engulfed in a financial scandal. His was a money matter; his predecessor, ...

Jul 25, 2026 | Feature Article

And they don't only hurt us physically And they don't only hurt us politically But they hurt us mentally That is why ...

Jul 24, 2026 | Feature Article

One of the enduring tragedies of post-colonial Africa is not merely that we rejected colonial rule, which was both inevi ...

Jul 23, 2026 | Feature Article

As a Pan-Africanist, one of the things I found most bewildering, bordering on outright disgust, is why, after sixty long ...

Jul 20, 2026 | Feature Article

Africa has been told so many colossal lies, but some grand civilizational falsehoods have become so deeply embedded in t ...

Jul 18, 2026 | Feature Article

If international relations were a stage upon which nations performed geopolitical dance, Nigeria, under the Tinubu gover ...

Jul 17, 2026 | Feature Article

Femi rsquo;s Principle: When praise is deserved, give it without grudging, but never sheath the sword of truth. One o ...

Jul 17, 2026 | Feature Article

One of my intellectual mentors, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, told us: ldquo;History is not everything, but it is a compas ...

Jul 15, 2026 | Feature Article

As the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, makes his triumphant tour of our continent, inking pacts to illuminate t ...

Femi Akomolafe
Femi Akomolafe

The author is a farmer, writer, and published author.