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Names and Places (I)

Posted Aug 31, 2009 at 08:56 PM by Shoko Loko Bangoshe (The Thoughts of Chairman Shoko)

If you ask most people who are somewhat conversant with US geography the capitals of the following states:

- Illinois;

- Florida;

- Michigan;

- New York;

- California;

- Texas;

- Pennsylvania;



you might probably get the following answers:

- Chicago;

- Miami;

- Detroit;

- New York;

- Los Angeles...
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The Power Name

Posted Dec 19, 2008 at 02:06 AM by Shoko Loko Bangoshe (The Thoughts of Chairman Shoko)
Updated Dec 31, 2008 at 09:38 PM by Shoko Loko Bangoshe

OK, I was on the verge of captioning this blog 'It's A Plague (III)' (and if you're wondering about this, go here and here). Truly, there has been a recurring thought in my head over the last few weeks... just like there was with 'Pushy pushy' - but this time, this is a welcome thought, rather than an annoying one.

The thought?

AISAGBON OMOGIADE.

As some of you may know, this is the handle (and almost certainly real name) of an NVS villager. I'm not...
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Leaders of Yesteryear

Posted Aug 11, 2008 at 09:19 AM by Shoko Loko Bangoshe (The Thoughts of Chairman Shoko)

Some of you who have read this article ("One Dark Night On January 5, 1984") will know that I like asking (and answering) the question "where are they now?". The overwhelming story that comes out of the article is the transience of power - you may be flying high today, but you could become a nonentity tomorrow.

Nowhere is this typified more than in the lives of two former African leaders - Captain Valentine Melvin Strasser of Sierra Leone, and Brigadier-General Joshua Oupa Gqozo of...
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African Science at Work

Posted May 26, 2008 at 12:16 AM by Shoko Loko Bangoshe (The Thoughts of Chairman Shoko)
Updated Jun 13, 2008 at 09:34 PM by Shoko Loko Bangoshe

Roving around the Square, I chanced upon this thread:

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/...ican-mind.html

I was especially drawn to this remark by Alexa:

Quote:
I asked before why the people do not turn into more practical things like cows, goats, turkey, chicken, bags of rice or garri or beans.
This is one of the reasons I've always had a hard time believing tales of witchcraft. I don't believe...
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