The Pain before the Paen!

By: Basil Jide Fadipe Medical Surgeon, Teacher, Social Commentator Justin Fadipe Centre Commonwealth of Dominica West Indies fadipeb@cwdom.dm Want to talk records ? Here is one. …Attorney at law then …Law professor then …First Lady Arkansas then …First Lady United States then …American senator then …Presidential candidate then …Secretary of State then again …Presidential candidate….

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Until Africa is respected, no black can enjoy respect

Prof. Basil Jide Fadipe Medical Surgeon, Teacher, Social Commentator To be black, no matter how straight or nuanced the story behind the blackness, is also in the end more to be viewed as African….. for good or bad.  And though blacks dispersed around the world no longer represent a homogenous group, ….courtesy history and accidents…

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Ben Carson: A Tragic Anomaly

By: Basil Jide Fadipe Medical Surgeon, Teacher, Social Commentator Justin Fadipe Centre Commonwealth of Dominica West Indies @fadipeb@cwdom.dm If I’d thought the Ben Carson that popped up on the political stage was nothing but pitiful caricature of expectations, his recent decision to cast his lot with Donald Trump reduces him to a tragic anomaly. Ben…

Yale Award to Okonjo-Iweala – I Object
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Yale Award to Okonjo-Iweala – I Object

Recently, our honourable coordinating minister of the economy was awarded an honorary doctorate by an Ivy league institution. The award has proved to be controversial, especially for some Nigerian observers. Here is what I have to say. Yale University has a right to honour whoever they deem deserving. However, in doing so, they should refrain…