Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
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Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Research
Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award
New York African Studies Association
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Understandably, Boris Johnson says he wants the Tory Party to elect "Anyone but Rishi Sunak" to replace him.
Why understably? Well, rationally if you so prefer, in this world of cause and effect, because history records that " Boris Johnson's Chancellor of the Exchequer/ Minister of Finance Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid resigned within minutes of each other"- and since Sajid Javid is not running for the post of replacement Prime Minister, it stands to reason that from the perspective of Britain's now interim Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the villain of the piece is Rishi Sunak, the de facto leader of the rebellion against him which precipitated his downfall and of course, Dear Mr. Johnson is in no mood to reward the leader of the rebellion against him. As the great and most loved British bard ( Mr. Shakespeare) put it, " How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child !"
No Sir, back at Number 10 Downing Street, no matter who's occupying the hot seat, the code of ethics dictates that rebellion, ungratefulness, a stab in the back, sharper than a serpent's tooth, shall not be rewarded.
The vengeful Boris Johnson wouldn't mind Kemi Badenoch ( currently at 40 to 1) being elected the next leader of the Conservative Party and therefore the next Prime Minister - the first Yoruba Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, instead of the ingrate former Chancellor of the Exchequer who had the temerity to lead the rebellion with the intention of replacing his former boss.
As my mother used to tell me, " despise not the day of little things". She lived at Edgware and believe it or not, she was an ardent fan of Margaret Thatcher. Maybe it had something to do with " woman power"
I'm thinking about back in the day when Linton Kwesi Johson ( 1979) when he released " Forces of Victory" and was all over the place toasting and roasting jiving and rhyming " Independent Intervention"// Independant Intavenshan :
"The CRE can't set me free
The TUC can't do it for me
The Liberal Party them is not very hearty
And the Tory Party
I no feel no party"
Nota bene that back in the day Linton Kwesi Johnson ( a relative of Boris?) didn't say " The Conservative Party is not so hearty" which does not mean to say that he did not take some flak from predictable quarters for chanting " Inglan ( England) is a Bitch" - exactly the sort of thing that e.g Sunak cannot say if he really wants to be the UK's next Prime Minister and leader of the Tory party.
Will the majority of the party members listen to the interim Prime Minister's wish, " Anyone but Rishi!" ?
Given that the next Prime Minister is at liberty to appoint his own Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Sunak has going for himself is the fact that he is the most formally qualified of all the contenders when it comes to finance/ economics ( . Furthermore, I'm sure that he has all the Hindu Holy men and Hindu Holy women on his side, and the likes of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and everybody in the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress praying for him , whereas the rest of the contenders (three women and two men) only have the Archbishops of Canterbury and York , the Church of England, and if they are lucky the Church of Scotland too, praying for them in addition to a few Babalawos and Redeemed Christian Church of God and their affiliates praying for them.
Whilst we will all soon be in the grip of the inflation blues, Rishi Sunak says that he has the right medicine. He has already, rather prematurely promised that he will "scrap EU red tape within 100 days of becoming PM". Easier said than done , of course.
If all of the above is too depressing, here's a soul brother from Niger to cheer you up: Mammane Sani
Rishi Sunak is quite an impressive person. His Indian parents emigrated to the UK from East Africa. According to Wikipedia, "Sunak is a Hindu, and has taken his oath at the House of Commons on the Bhagavad Gita" ( More than enough evidence that the UK is far from being anything like a bigoted theocracy)
Putting money where mouth is, here are the odds at Ladbrokes on the next leader of the Tory Party
On Saturday, 16 July 2022 at 19:06:35 UTC+2 Cornelius Hamelberg wrote:
Understandably, Boris Johnson says he wants the Tory Party to elect "Anyone but Rishi Sunak" to replace him
BTW, I'd like to ask e.g .Alhaji Atiku Abubakar what it would be like to be elected Commander-in-Chief of Naija's National Treasury.
On Thursday, 14 July 2022 at 12:43:58 UTC+2 ovdepoju wrote:
UK about to have first non Caucasian leader of a major party and perhaps first pm
im not surprised Sunak is leading
his visual and career profile and courage in being one of the first two to resign suggested he was heavily positively highlighted
a great triumph of the asian and particularly indian story in britain
this victory requires a deep historical analysis to properly contextualisei cant see how he could not win with such a huge lead
the victory also suggests great progress towards deracination in britain
sunak is in his early 40s making him perhaps the youngest person in such a job in english history
most exciting developments
cnn and bbc plus others such as asia times are vital places to go for diverse angles on these sea changes
On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 21:50, Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com> wrote:
Result of first round to replace Boris Johnson
LEADERSHIP CONTENDER # OF VOTES FROM TORY MPS IN FIRST BALLOT :
Rishi Sunak 88
Penny Mordaunt 67
Liz Truss 50
Kemi Badenoch 40
Tom Tugendhat 37
Suella Braverman 32
Nadhim Zahawi 25 (eliminated)
Jeremy Hunt 18 (eliminated)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-60037657
As dear Pius Adesanmi would have put it, "Naija No Dey Carry Last" :
Kemi Badenoch goes to the next round
At the end of the day, at the very worst she will probably bag a heavy ministerial appointment / anointment
--On Monday, 11 July 2022 at 11:27:37 UTC+2 Cornelius Hamelberg wrote:
Most people like Chuka Umunna (who was being promoted as the UK's possible equivalent to Barack Obama ) and many others like him identify as " Black British"
( We are to presume it goes without saying that folks like Margaret Thatcher are self-evidently British without having to add the adjective "White", to distinguish them as "White British"
When it comes to particularities, what a variegated people we would be classified as - Obama as Kenyan-American, Umunna - as Igbo-Brit, each Nigerian ethnic group vying for prominence - excellence, maybe even supremacy over the others.
Things have changed a lot since Soyinka*s " Telephone Conversation"
Should Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch be elected the UK's next Prime Minister, I suppose that in the near future, assuming that he also succeeds in getting himself democratically elected as Nigeria's next President, President Bola Ahmed Tinnubu will be making his occasional state visits to Merry England, making a beeline directly to our lady at Number 10 Downing Street for a tête-à-tête in Yoruba…
On Sunday, 10 July 2022 at 16:04:20 UTC+2 ovdepoju wrote:
thanks.
i meant african ethnic identities and values
On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 14:25, 'Dr. Oohay' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
--My Error CorrectedI meant to ask "What are 'African particularities'?"
On Sunday, July 10, 2022, 7:46 AM, 'Dr. Oohay' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
What are "African peculiarities"?
On Sunday, July 10, 2022, 6:53 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovde...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Augustine.
Is Kemi referred to as Yoruba in British news, particularly in connection with the PM race?
The term ''Yoruba'' does not seem to appear even in her Wikipedia page. For her Yoruba ancestry to resonate in the UK, she might need to emphasise it but her style of thinking seems to be one of total immersion in the dominant culture, not identifying with African particularities.
I wonder about the idea that British people generally have any interest in the concepts of Yoruba and Igbo. Do those terms have any coordinates they can relate to? Some scholars and students may know about them. But does the general public care about them?
I suspect Yoruba as a culture is better known in the US. Even then, it would be referenced in particular contexts and I doubt if politics is one of those contexts.
thanks
toyin
--On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 12:12, 'Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Yorubas seem to be well known here in the UK.like we are told .the culture survived the slave trade. .ever since the time of the West African students Union.wasu.infact they played on the acronym " wasu" to mean preach in yoruba! People here in uk tend to be very much aware of igbo and yoruba in ukLet me also add that in the book ,Dynamism in African politics by J sofola the central thesis is that the more dynamic of african leaders have benefited from study in usa rather than in the united Kingdom naturally you think of obafemi Awolowo in uk and nnamdi azikiwe on usa..the" competition" seems to be between the Igbo and yoruba in usa--
On Saturday, July 9, 2022, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovde...@gmail.com> wrote:
But, is she better understood as Yoruba or of Nigerian ancestry or Nigerian born?
The term ' Yoruba" might have little meaning in UK society.
Thanks
--On Sat, 9 Jul 2022 at 20:37, Toyin Falola <toyin...@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
--Kemi Badenoch, highest ranking Yoruba minister in the ruling Conservative government, throws in her hat in the race to be PM.
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