Adebayo Adeniran
Bio
A lifelong bibliophile, who seeks to unleash his energy on a number of subjects
Stories (52/0)
Greed Is The Only Currency That Matters In 21st Century Capitalism.
--- We live in extraordinarily perilous times; Our politicians aren't pretending to care anymore about anyone, never mind the most vulnerable, the volatility of the capital markets continues unabated, the gulf between the wealthy and the rest of us, is ever widening and the damage being wrought to our environment, stemming from extreme ecological capitalism is rising, every where you look and turn.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in The Swamp
The Commonwealth Has Never Been Fit For Purpose, Why will It Be Different In The Age Of Brexit?
The commonwealth of nations, known in common parlance, as the commonwealth, is a political union of fifty four countries - mostly former nation states colonized by Britain during the time of the empire. These fifty four countries include the likes of Singapore, Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Jamaica, Barbados, New Zealand and Australia.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in The Swamp
A French Military Coup D'etat in 2022? Don't Bet Against It.
A few days ago, a number of former military generals wrote an open letter, to the French President, Emmanuel Macron, stating that unless something is done regarding their concerns with radical Islam and immigration, they will forcibly launch a take over of the state, come next year.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in The Swamp
Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing: A Retrospective Analysis, In The Age of George Floyd.
If you had asked me prior to writing this article, what my favorite spike lee movie was, Malcolm X, Mo Better Blues, School Daze and Get on the bus would be the titles coming out of my mouth.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in Humans
The Monarchy Is Dead.
When the current reigning monarch of the United Kingdom - Queen Elizabeth - ascended to the throne, formally in 1953, more than half of the people polled believed that she was ordained by God. Back then,Winston Churchill was Premier, the British empire was on its last legs; India had been granted independence and partitioned - East and West Pakistan had been carved out from within and homosexuality and abortion were still illegal and the race relations act was very much an abstraction.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in The Swamp
The Great Revelation of The Pandemic: Catastrophic Leadership.
In last week's British newspapers, The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson is quoted to have said: " let the bodies pile high in their thousands, as opposed to having a third lock down". This is despite suffering from the illness and coming very close to death himself.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in The Swamp
Insights and Life Lessons From a Journey to India.
The decision to travel to India was always on the cards; I am a lifelong student of Indian history and politics - from reading about the British East India company and its excesses, to the Indian mutiny of 1857, which led to the installation of the British Raj, its independence in 1947 and the subsequent partitioning of the great country. The sectarian violence which arose from India's carving into two separate entities and the unresolved issues, which culminated in the Bengali people going it alone in the early 1970s and the resulting refugee crisis were topics that I enjoyed reading immensely.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in Wander
Prince Phillip Mountbatten, 1921-2021.
Tributes have been paid, from all over the world to the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip Mountbatten, who passed away yesterday, aged 99. For those of us, who have been accustomed to his presence, all these years, we now speak of him in the past tense.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in The Swamp
Why 'Sleepy Joe Biden' Is The Most Radical President Of Modern Times
Although British by birth, I have been a student of American politics, my entire life. And I was profoundly disappointed that my preferred candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders was swatted in the democratic primaries like he didn't exist by politician that I didn't have the greatest respect for - Joseph Biden. In Britain, Biden, up until then, was best known for his speech plagiarizing a British politician's words, during his failed presidential bid in 1988.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in The Swamp
What Britain Did To Nigeria
Books on pre-colonial Nigerian history by Nigerian authors are a bit reminiscent of London buses; you wait for one for a very long time, and guess what? two buses turn up at the same time. This is exactly what we have got with the brilliant work by the great historian of the Nigerian military era - Max Siollun and Formation by Messrs. Fagbule and Fawehinmi.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in Journal
Why The Tech Revolution Is The Best Thing Yet To Happen To Nigeria
When In 2016, the former president of the Nigeria came out to say that he created 25 billionaires ( in dollars, by the way) and Africa's wealthiest woman - Folorunsho Alakija was among them - It came as no surprise to the vast majority of the educated class; the wealthiest 0.00000012% owed their vast fortunes, not to hard work, not to being the best qualified, but to their political connections - close friends in high places.
By Adebayo Adeniran2 years ago in The Swamp
