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BETWEEN TWO STATUES: NELSON MANDELA AND JACOB ZUMA. A LESSON IN ICONOLATRY (C) 2018                CHIBU NDUBUISI              26/3/2018          WEEK 13 Peace be upon you.           An understanding of the concept of Iconoclast and iconolatry is important before diving in to the discourse of today.    An iconoclast is a person who criticizes or opposes beliefs and practices that are widely accepted or a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration. Those who have criticized Rochas for the statues he erected in Imo state can be called Iconoclast.  Iconolatry on the other hand is the worship of images or idols. So i will hypothesize that Rochas Okorocha the Governor of Imo state believes in Iconolatry and that is ...

THANK YOU ODINGA AND KENYATTA: A LESSON IN RECONCILIATION AND ACCOMMODATION IN AFRICAN POLITICS. C (2018)            CHIBU NDUBUISI                     19/03/2018 WEEK 12 Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.   Corazon Aquino                                            Peace be upon you. As a peacebuilding agent, I am against wars because I know that there are other ways of settling disputes. We cannot live together by killing each other. The inability of Gowon and Ojukwu to talk led t...

THE “OTHER ROOM” YOU CAN OCCUPY C(2018)                         CHIBU NDUBUISI                12/03/2018            WEEK 11 “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing” George Bernard Shaw                                      Peace be upon you. At a press conference in Germany in 2017, President Buhari of Nigeria told the entire world that he does not know the opposition party Aisha Buhari his wife belongs, but he knows that she belongs to the “...