Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - The New Instrumental Turn in Nigerian Historical Scholarship

Laudable trendily patriotic and engaging robust.

Gbemi Tijani MST 

Paul Harris Fellow 

Fmr Unesco Club founder in the late 70s 

On Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 7:56 PM John Edward Philips (Yahaya Danjuma) <yahaya.danjuma@gmail.com> wrote:

It's an oxymoron. There's a process of state formation in the Bible (1 Samuel 8). God doesn't like that the people want a king and gets angry. 

What on earth is a "Biblical" civilization?

Is it a theocracy?

 

John Edward Philips, Professor Emeritus 

International Society, College of Humanities, Hirosaki University

"Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto." -Terentius Afer

<https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781580462563/writing-african-history/>

<https://hirosaki-u.academia.edu/JohnPhilipsHirosaki>

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