THE SOCIAL INTROSPECT

In the race for progressive societies, the quest for modernity and advancement; the basic form of Government universally agreed and accepted as constituting the most ideal and potent for promoting the platform and umbrella for individual self expression, development, and advancement without repression of any sort Is Democracy; the Government of the people, by the people and for the people according to Abraham Lincoln. It is rather unfortunate that since the attainment of independence by 98% of African nations, many have witnessed democratic - dictatorial regimes, as far stretched as the past can be recollected. This is a paradoxical situation that throws one into some moments of “awe”, from south Sudan’s Omar al – Bashir (28 years rule and counting) to Paul Biya of Cameroon (35 years and still counting), down to Paul Kagame of Rwanda (17 years and still counting) and recently ousted former presidents in Yahyah Jammeh and Robert Mugabe of Gambia and Zimbabwe respectively. The rule ...

From Methuselah’s 969 Now, the best we get is a blinking 99 Ever moving in a jet jacket Still we lie early beneath the ground in quick blankets From the stretch of the wanderers feet To the array of our Ferrari’s fleet Zooming off thro and fro And this time we are meeting our greatest woes It’s like speeding to crawl Our ever smart inventions With the sanest intentions But bang!! Comes the collision, Even the guards harm with the assorted guns The rich cries the poor cries Alas!! Who’s going to help tame the time fly Sleep is quick, food is quick, and death is quick Sight and strength are weak Bowing to the gripping hands called “sprint”. The manipulated is fast overriding the true and orderly We’re edging towards the full knowledge world But the more we know the more we don’t know Many are the things yet shown Before jets start plying the street Who knows if many would be 2 or 3? The more we go the more we go!!! @Bolaj...