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Hunger: In defence of Bayo Onanuga, By Festus Adedayo

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Hunger: In defence of Bayo Onanuga, By Festus Adedayo

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Festus Adedayo writes about Obasa, Aláàfin Ṣàngó and the capture of Lagos.

The words, “hunger” and “Onanuga” are almost homophones; words of similar sounds. I am goaded on by the Yoruba epistemology which counsels that likes should be compared with likes. As tortoise’s head safely compares with the big toe, so does a groundnut shell compares with the cocoon of the world’s tiniest rat Yoruba call the eliri. But comparison is not my bother here. My interest […]

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