://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/images/stories/people/sanusi. *I published this piece in my Sunday column in NEXT newspaper before Lamido’s appointment and subsequent confirmation. Some Villagers are still discussing Lamido and committing the same faux pas I analyze here. Hopefully, this should broaden their perspectives on the matter. ============================================ I met his mind in Vancouver sometime in the summer of 1998 and have stalked him ever since. Online that is! I was then doing research on representations of Islam in Nigerian popular culture. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi popped up on Google.The essay of his I read at the time was powerful enough to make me pursue his name further in more scholarly and restricted search engines. More essays of his popped up and I was hooked.I was also embarrassed that I ...
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