The greatest challenges in the coming weeks and years will be alliances of pertinent strength. It is perhaps the greatest underlying factor contributing to recent agitation. It was formerly believed by the framers of the old order that many developing economies would be forever developing and never able to penetrate the glass ceiling of national…
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Racing for the Future: The Worldwide Business of EDU
When the pandemic began to spread rapidly in the early parts of 2020, few people knew what would happen next. Beside massive municipal shutdowns, corporate bankruptcies and a sluggish market, the impact of the coronsvirus on education has been massive. According to UNESCO, or the United Nations Educational Scientific Organization, Covid-19 resulted in a staggering…
A New Independence
In April, 1775, the United State, then only 13 small colonies, embarked upon a national quest to secure independence from the United Kingdom. Despite the many years it acted as a vassal state to the Crown, the new colony sought to secure its own military and socioeconomic destiny. That movement resulted in a years long…
China At 70: On Trade & Economic Autonomy
On October 1st, China will celebrate the founding of the People’s Republic of China. China has accomplished in 70 years, what the West has only been able to achieve over hundreds of years and with the help of chattel slavery, wars, colonialism and aggressive socioeconomic policy. It is mind blowing to think that China was…
From Naija with Love: A Book Review
During my time in Lagos, Nigeria I had a chance to read a biography that gave me a window into colonial life in Nigeria. The book, A Train Ride to Zaria by Bankole Ososanwo was set in Lagos and it helped me to understand the history of the state as well as the names of…
Lela Winston 