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WHAT IS THE LIMIT OF VENGEANCE?

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           WHAT IS THE LIMIT OF VENGEANCE? C (2018)                   CHIBU NDUBUISI                 26/06/2018    WEEK 26         “He who is seeking revenge must dig two graves” Chinese proverbs                                 Peace be upon you. The “Veil of Ignorance” principle of John Rawl poses a question:  that “What kind of society would you construct if you did not know in advance who you would be; black or white, rich or poor, upper or lower class, freeborn or slaves?”  I know instinctively that many reading this piece will choose...

DOOMSDAY CLOCK: THE COMPASS OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS

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DOOMSDAY CLOCK: THE COMPASS OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS C (2018)                            CHIBU NDUBUISI                  20/06/2018 WEEK 25 Peace be upon you. Doomsday clock is a graphic that appeared on the first cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist (1947) and has ever since served as the globally recognized compass showing about our planets health and safety direction. In 2017 the clock moved two and half minutes to midnight occasioned by the continuous nuclear test by North Korea and the grandstanding of President Donald Trump. However in 2018 the leaders of both countries met in Singapore and promised to existing de-nuclearization treaties.  Another factor negatively impacting on our planet i...

THE WALING WAILERS: ADIEU RAS KIMONO

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                                     THE WALING WAILERS: ADIEU RAS KIMONO                                      C(2018) CHIBU NDUBUISI 11/06/2018 WEEK 24                                          Under pressure we wail under pressure                                          Under p...

THE TIMELY PEACE BUILDING CALL IN NIGERIA

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THE TIMELY PEACE BUILDING CALL IN NIGERIA        C(2018)                   CHIBU NDUBUISI                4/06/2018           WEEK 23 “Peace is like oxygen, when you don’t have it, it is all you can think about but when you do, you don’t appreciate your good fortune. Joseph Nye “ You can bomb the world in to pieces but you can’t bomb it in to peace” Michael Franti & Spearhead   Peace be upon you. Peace building was popularized by former UN Secretary, General Boutros Boutros Ghali in his “Agenda for Peace” (1992), posited that peace building is seen as actions that identify and support structures which tend to strengthen and solidify peace in order to avoid a relapse into conflict. It is a...