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BETWEEN TWO STATUES: NELSON MANDELA AND JACOB ZUMA. A LESSON IN ICONOLATRY

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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 why he has an unusual taste and love for statues as exemplified by the statues he has erected in his state. He even added his voice that “ he erects statues because history is dying in Africa” and wants to celebrat

THANK YOU ODINGA AND KENYATTA: A LESSON IN RECONCILIATION AND ACCOMMODATION IN AFRICAN POLITICS.

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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 to Biafran war. The failure of communication often times leads to misconception, misinterpretation, and misinformation. A school of thought defined reconciliation as “the restoration of friendly relations, the action of making one view or belief compatible with another and to reestablish a close relationship”. The economic, psychologic

THE “OTHER ROOM” YOU CAN OCCUPY BY CHIBU NDUBUISI

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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 “living room, the kitchen and the other room.” I am not here to write about “the other room “as opined by the President or to explain what he means, chauvinist and feminist will do that better. I will simply write about the “room for self-improvement” which is the biggest room we all need to occupy from this day onward.   Cambridge online dictionary defines “room for improvemen