Tag: Zaire

Mohammad Ali at the ring-side, 1985 – A poem by Wole Soyinka

by Wole Soyinka The arena is darkened. A feast of blood Will follow duly; the spotlights have been borrowed For a while. These ringside prances Merely serve to whet the…

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Olatunji Dare: Muhammad Ali, simply the greatest

by Olatunji Dare When Ebony magazine dropped Muhammad Ali from its canonical roster of the 100 most influential African Americans some thirty years ago – a roster on which he…

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Why did the United States government patent an Ebola virus invention? [DETAILS]

by Azubuike Azikiwe Since the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in Nigeria, and by an extension, Africa, various theories have been flying around about the source of the virus.…

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Can #Ebola thrive in Nigeria? We trace the history, and progress

by Adedayo Ademuwagun John got a call last week from his cousin Steven who lives in another part of Lagos. His voice was very urgent that morning. "I'm having symptoms…

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History Class: This is the square-root of Ebola

by Emmanuel Chidiogo   Tagged to be the world's deadliest disease of our time, the Ebola virus has been around for a couple of decades. In Nigeria, reports were heard…

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