Ojogbon Globalization

  Please join me this week, Friday and  Saturday Dec. 3  and 4, for a webinar hosted in partnership with The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network, the Lagos Studies Association and Nigerian Studies Association: "Insurgency, Banditry, Abductions and Human Security in West Africa: Nigerian Women’s Perspectives." The two-day webinar will take place  9 AM - 2 PM Eastern Time , and  3 PM - 8 PM  Nigeria Time via Zoom. The webinar will comprise of four panels, two panels on each day. Panel I: "Trends in Violence and What that Means for Nigeria"  https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84320355634 Panel II: "Insurgencies"  https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/89622311748 Panel III: "Banditry and Abductions" https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 88404470421 Panel IV: "Gender-Sensitive Policy Solutions"  https://us02web. zoom.us/j/86596046972

Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome is pleased to collaborate with the Lagos Studies Association, the African Peacebuilding Network, and the Nigerian Studies Association to organize four Zoom Webinars on the perspectives of Nigeria-based women scholars, activists, and civil society leaders on banditry, insurgency, and insecurity in West Africa. To facilitate participation, the co-organizers will give 5gb of Internet data to 100 participants from Nigeria. Register for free data here: https://bit.ly/2Zk99w2 --------Poster credit: Seun Williams---------------- Insurgency, Banditry, Abductions and Human Security in West Africa: Women’s Perspectives Co-organized by Professor Olufunke Okome, the Lagos Studies Association, African Peacebuilding Network, and the Nigerian Studies Association Format: Zoom Webinar Date: December 3 and 4, 2021 Time: 3:00-8:00pm (Nigeria Time); 9:00-2:00pm (US Eastern Time) ------------------------ Day I Panel I. Friday December 3. Time: 3-5pm (Nigeria Time) 9-11am (US Easter...

***This is an update of the previously posted paper of the same title. Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome Professor of Political Science, African & Women's Studies Leonard & Claire Tow Professor, 2015/2016 Brooklyn College, CUNY Which kind election be dis?.... Na dem-o-cr-azy be the deal Na dem-o-cr-azy be the deal Who don teach us ee dem-o-cr-azy? …. Oyinbo teach-ee us …. Oyinbo for Europe-oh Oyinbo teach us many many things-ee Many of dem things I don sing about-ee Me I no gin copy Oyinbo style Let us think say, Oyinbo know pass me When Shagari finish him elections Wey dem no tell am, say him make mistake-ee Say this yo, no be democracy Oyinbo dem no tell army self Na for England-ee, I me no fit take over I come think about this demo-crazy (Anikulapo Kuti, 1986) Excerpt from Teacher, Don’t Teach me Nonsense . _____________________________________ I have a dream of a nation where no man is oppressed. An egalitarian societ...