Wise Wide and Wild

It started out as a song playing in my subconscious, then I started humming it around the house and the office, then I started playing it out loud through my phone, and I had to go post the lyrics on Facebook, and now it is at the top of my “most played” playlist. I am referring to the popular Boney M song “Rivers of Babylon” which has taken over my life in the last two weeks. As someone who likes looking for Order within Chaos , and someone who considers rationalizing phenomena as important and as necessary as breathing is to continuous existence, I have been trying to understand why this song has suddenly taken over my life at this point in time. Like all Researchers worth the title would do, I decided to start from the beginning. Boney M, I am sure have rights to the song, but the original writer of the lyrics is King David aka The Psalmist, the man whose favoured instrument was the Harp, and who has one hundred and fifty curated singles to his credit among which are the pop

They donned Shirts hand-woven by Racism, Suits designed by Bigotry Shoes crafted by Xenophobia And Hats made by Homophobia. Then they stepped out looking grimy, in their stinking Regalia of Hate, And called themselves Nationalists. They all want their Country back And are willing to trade their Humanity And Civility And Consanguinity To make great again What had already been collectively made Great. Self-inflicted Fractures… Self-induced Dislocations… Self-performed Dismemberment… Now the world is sliding Into an abyss of disenchantment And those who seemed to represent sanity Are the Clowns currently Dancing Naked on the Expressway. Their Actions; and Our Collective Reactions, or Inactions Will either make the World Great Again Or make us all scurrying to vote for Earthexit. Thank You! God Bless Us All!! See You Next Time!!! Twitter: @SirRash Facebook: Rasheed SirRash Adewusi Google+: Rasheed Adewusi

Nigeria is one big conundrum, and Nigerians are one lovely nebulous people, we share so many similarities and at the same time so many differences. Nigerians are adept at adapting to situations, especially difficult and unwarranted situations - for instance, Nigerians buy land from some families, lands which they do not own, but only occupy, because the government actually owns all the land and everything therein; then Nigerians build houses; sink boreholes to provide water; erect fences and gates, erect self-contain at the front for the security personnel, thereby providing their own security end-to-end; and then they buy their own generators to provide electricity, or probably go for solar panels on the roof, or go for battery powered inverters, or a combination of all options, thereby becoming their own electricity generating and distributing company. When there are many of such house-owners in the area, they form a Community Development Association (CDA), they contribute funds and