Borgu, Northern Nigeria, and Yoruba History
By Farooq A. Kperogi My December 21, 2024, column titled “ Kemi Badenoch’s Yoruba Identity Meets Inconvenient Truths ,” where I set out to ...
Showing posts with label Borgu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Borgu. Show all posts
Kemi Badenoch’s Yoruba Identity Meets Inconvenient Truths
By Farooq A. Kperogi Kemi Badenoch, current leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, recently disavowed her Nigerian identity because of her...
Why Northerners Don’t Call Tinubu “Jagaban”
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Southern Nigerians have asked me two trivial but persistent and important questions about Pres...
“Ayagi”: Earliest Nupe-Influenced Hausa Name for Yoruba People
By Farooq Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi I had no idea that “Ayagi” or “Eyagi” is the Nupe exonym (i.e., external name) for Yoruba people u...
Saraki’s 419 Northern PDP “Consensus” Candidacy
By Farooq Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Bukola Saraki manipulated “northern elders” led by Professor Ango Abdullahi to simultaneously endo...
Celebrating Man Who Made an American a Nigerian
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi February is Black History Month in the United States and Canada. As is my custom, I’ll devote ...
Arewa and Oduduwa More Alike than Unlike
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi The past few months have ignited impassioned and frenzied political brickbats between the elite...
Surprising American Cousins Through My Mother’s Ancestry
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi My fascination with and curiosity about America started at the inchoate stage of my educ...
Re: Tribute to Haliru Dantoro, Emir of Borgu
Readers shared many thoughtful comments on last week’s tribute to the late Haliru Dantoro. I share a few of them below: Thanks for th...
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