Humour is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.

The history of Africa over the last five centuries is inextricably enmeshed in the history of the capitalist system. The world capitalist system is, therefore, the broad canvas on which is inscribed the social, political, and cultural struggles of the African people.

I have come across a new category of research, namely, pseudo research. It camouflages itself as applied research. But its design and execution and the quality of information it generates rule out any applicability of its findings.

Nkrumah continued the Pan-African project after independence, while Kenyatta set out to consolidate a neocolonial proto-bourgeoisie in his country.

All truth is contingent, which comes with its own perils. It is the task of a committed intellectual to discover its contingency and negotiate around its perils.