A huge and hearty congratulations to Professor Molefi Kete Asante- the defiant voice and leader of Afrocentricity.
I think the beautiful thing about this award is that it is coming at the same time when Olufemi Taiwo has birthed another strange masquerade through a publication called- Against Decolonisation. What is majorly available to the public now is a review of the book but it gives some very possible valid account of the book- that it is against intellectual decolonisation!
The Igbos say "ebe onye bi ka ona awachi"-people defend where they call home. Perhaps Africa has merely become a house, not a home for some Africans for no justifiable reason!
In a typical festive period -when masquerades perform at the village square in some parts of Igbo area -you get a beautiful masquerade performing and an ugly masquerade with sticks pushing spectators as well.
Taiwo has just been shortlisted for nomination -as one of the 50 top leading thinkers by the Uk based Prospect Magazine for his work-Against Decolonisation!
But the question that waits Taiwo and those who applaud the work is- who he is leading; and to where?
Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi,Ph.D
Professor of African Philosophy & Thought
University of Abuja,Nigeria
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