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Today in 2002, Lady Kofoworola Ademola died aged 8

Today in 2002, Lady Kofoworola Ademola died aged 88.⠀
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On 15 May 2002, Nigerian educationist and women's rights advocate, Lady Kofoworola Ademola (née Moore), died at the age of 88. Born on 21 May 1913, Lady Kofoworola Ademola was a lifetime advocate of women and girls’ education. ⠀⠀
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In 1935, she became the first Black African woman to graduate from the University of Oxford, where she earned a degree in Education and English from St Hugh’s College. ⠀⠀
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After graduating, Lady Kofo went on to become an educator in Nigeria. She worked at Queen's College, Lagos from 1936 to 1938, and then became the co-founder and principal of New-Era Girls’ Secondary School, also in Lagos.⠀⠀
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She was the first president of the National Council of Women Societies in Nigeria from 1958 to 1964. She continued to write and educate into her final years, most notably through her authorship of children’s books.⠀⠀
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Lady Kofo was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and an Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR). She was also the Mojibade of Ake and the Lika of Ijemo.⠀⠀
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📷 Lady Kofoworola Ademola. TWITTER

Jomo Kenyatta: a hero or a major antagonist? #OnSi

Jomo Kenyatta: a hero or a major antagonist? #OnSite⚡⁠
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In this online essay, writer, Edwin Chege, unpacks the multi-dimensional legacy of Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta.⁠
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According to Chege, Kenyatta’s legacy ‘is one of lost opportunities. In pursuing ethnic divisions as a means to maintaining power, Kenyatta lost the opportunity for true nationalism in Kenya. In disavowing the landless and poor majority in favour of the African political elite and the settler class, he also lost the opportunity for justice and reconciliation. History is often unkind to the unjust, and the Jomo Kenyatta that emerges from Kenya’s past is power-hungry, opportunistic and ruthless, despite popular depictions of him ... As many continue to ask why Kenya is the way it is today, Kenyatta emerges not as a hero, but as a major antagonist.’⁠
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Read the full essay by clicking the link in our bio.⁠
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📝: Edwin Chege⁠
📹: Mzee Jomo Kenyatta is sworn in as the prime minister of Kenya, 1 June 1963. AP Archives / British Movietone.

Politicians lie, and their most powerful lies make

Politicians lie, and their most powerful lies make us question our very selves. Ayisha Osori explains in our latest First Draft:⁠
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‘It is to the politician’s advantage to make us believe that, in Nigeria, votes go to the highest bidder. This belief makes it also possible for only the rich to win elections; makes it possible to make our politics all about money, cash and trade, as opposed to values and ethics, experience, track record and accountability. This belief provides us with a self-fulfilling destiny that only the greediest, most acquisitive, ready to make unworthy compromises can manipulate our elections.’⁠
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First Draft is our interview column, featuring authors and other prominent figures on books, reading and writing. Read Osori’s full interview for her reader’s guide to politics in Nigeria by clicking the link in our bio.⁠
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📝: Ayisha Osori.⁠
📷: Ojima Abalaka.

South Africa’s parliament has summoned Facebook.

South Africa’s parliament has summoned Facebook. #RxNews📡 ⁠
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On 25 May 2021, Facebook will appear before the South African parliament's Communications and Digital Technologies Committee. The aim of the meeting is to ascertain the Facebook's plans for tackling ‘harmful misinformation’ and protecting the digital privacy of its South African users. According to a report by World Population Review, as of 2019, South Africa had 21.28 million Facebook users, making it the country with the third highest number of Facebook users in Africa, after Egypt (42.4 million) and Nigeria (27.1 million).⁠⁠
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South Africa raised the foregoing concerns due to widespread misinformation around coronavirus on the platforms, Facebook and WhatsApp. Democratic Alliance (DA) MP, Phumzile Van Damme, explained that the aim of Facebook’s summons was to protect the rights and interests of the South African people. She said, ‘The reason for inviting Facebook was with the view of ascertaining what steps the tech giant will be taking in tackling harmful misinformation, particularly as we inch towards the 2021 Local Government Election. Facebook often tailors plans for countries ahead of elections to guard against harmful misinformation. We would like to see the same done for South Africa.’⁠⁠
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This is the first time Facebook will meet with the parliament of an African country.⁠⁠
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Do you think this should become a regular practice in all countries before elections?⁠⁠
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📝: Mira-belle Ajayi, Associate Editor⁠⁠
📷: DA MP, Phumzile Van Damme, News365

Today in 2013, Goodluck Jonathan declared a state

Today in 2013, Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three Nigerian states.⁠
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On 14 May 2013, in a live broadcast, former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, declared a state of emergency in Yobe, Adamawa, and Borno states. These three states in northeastern Nigeria were the most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.⁠
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Following his declaration, Nigerian security forces were sent to the region and authorized to detain suspects and to take over any building ‘used for terrorist purposes.'⁠
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This was not the first time Jonathan implemented emergency measures. In December 2011, he declared a state of emergency over some local government areas in the same three states, but he lifted it in July 2012.⁠
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Did you know that the first state of emergency in Nigeria was declared in 1962? Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa declared a state of emergency in the Western region after an internal crisis within the ruling Action Group party.⁠
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📝: Ibukun Olokode and Ugonna Eronini⁠
📷: Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. Torsten Blackwood / AFP via Getty

Cancer changes everything, according to Ayisha Oso

Cancer changes everything, according to Ayisha Osori in our latest First Draft. She writes:

‘For the first time since I was eight or nine years old, I found myself totally disinterested in writing, not even about what was happening to me. One could say with each round of chemotherapy (16) and radiation (25), the desire to write evaporated a little more. Like mining bitcoins, fighting cancer takes immense amounts of energy. I have not quite regained the energy for writing that the pre-cancer me had.’

First Draft is our interview column, featuring authors and other prominent figures on books, reading and writing. Read Osori’s full interview by clicking the link in our bio.
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📝: Ayisha Osori.
📷: Ojima Abalaka.

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