Ok…so I put aside my students’ essays that I had planned to finish marking today and decided to watch Mr. Edward Lowassa dramatic and buoyant announcement of his presidential race. I don’t Continue reading
The May 2015 National Geographic Issue has an interesting article “Thinking Like A Dolphin” written by Joshua Foer (the author of Moonwalking with Einstein). The article introduces us to the large brain capacity of dolphins displayed in their unique vocalisations and characteristics. Indeed as the title of the article goes, there are some areas that we need to think like dolphins. These areas are very relevant to our country-Tanzania- as we Continue reading
Early this year, my former student from the University of Nottingham, Anthony Demetriou emailed me with information of a summit organized by a think tank, Legatum Institute, to be Continue reading
I admit that I was wrong to think Continue reading
While teaching about the “Methods of Agreement” last week in my Politics and IR Research Methods class, one of the comparative examples that I wished to give to my students was the shared effective “Two-Party System” in USA and UK despite the many differences these two countries have. But I then remembered Continue reading
In the lessons from Axelrod’s Believer, I mostly focused on the Candidate and the Campaign Team. One thing that we did not talk about is Campaign Office or in other words Campaign Headquarters. In this brief entry, our subject will be the CAMPAIGN OFFICE. Continue reading
Last month the world lost one of the great leaders of 21st Century. This is Lee Kuan Yew. May his soul rest in peace. Why was Lee Kuan Yew not only a great but also a distinguished leader of the 21st Century?
This book, Continue reading
As an African youth who has been educated and done research in the UK, I am disturbed with the apparent diminishing influence of the UK in the global sphere and specifically in Africa. It is disturbing me because having studied, researched, and taught in the UK, I have an unwavering admiration to its values and ideas, Continue reading
My friend, Rahime, called me late last night all the way from Turkey. She wanted to discuss exam questions she has set on Foreign Policy Crisis before submitting them to the University Examination Board this morning. Earlier in the day she had given me lots of insight and assistance for my soon to be teaching modules – International Relations Theories; and Philosophy & Research Methods in IR. So Continue reading
“I get a feeling sometimes that some of these candidates were just locked in their wardrobes and they were told: ‘Just take selfies in there and don’t come out until you’ve finished the entire wardrobe.’ All kinds of postures. Just ridiculous. It has been an embarrassing exercise in terms of electioneering.” – Wole Soyinka!
The previous post looked at the Campaign Team based on the lessons from Axelord’s Believer. Today we will jot down some points on THE CANDIDATE through eyes of Nigerian elections Continue reading