On themes
I think I have courted controversy all my life. It informs a discussion I once had with my dad, where he said, “You have always thought like a Westerner.” I cannot say I fully understood what he meant, apart from the fact that I have rarely followed convention.
My opinions
might not be what you will call mainstream, but I support causes that many will shy
away from, and I address issues that many will not touch.
Amongst conservatives,
I will be a liberal, within religionists; I will never be legalistic, and even though
I was brought up High-Church Anglican, my evangelical outlook is very Jesus-time
gospel mingling with the notorious, the gates of my church are flung wide open –
tongues will wag.
I do rights, human rights,
child rights, women’s rights, gay rights and fundamentally believe that the function
of religion is to serve humanity; where it fails in that purpose, I will stick to
the person and drop the religion, the tradition, the rule, the creed, the custom
or any altar on which some norm has been established to sacrifice humanity.
I cover many themes on
my blog, and I can identify some controversial topics and some very personal ones; others
are social commentary, and I have decided to devote a page to these themes.
Apes Obey! Series – These are a few blogs that took certain reprehensible views of Lord Lugard in the 1920s and connected them to
contemporary issues in Nigeria. [Written between 2007 and 2011.]
Introducing the Apes Obey! Series: The introductory blog.
Apes Obey! Vague dread of the supernatural
Apes Obey! Lacks the power of organisation
Apes Obey! Instinct rather than moral virtue
Apes Obey! Seldom rises above pantheistic animism
Apes Obey! With very little sense of veracity
Apes Obey! Lack of apprehension
The Apes Obey! Blogs – A Google Search
I blogged when I could in the hospital and have continually written about my recovery process, my struggles and concerns. These refer to my first encounter with cancer.
The looming abyss of a deep biopsy
A relocation from the cacophony
A life of cytostatic ostracism
Then all the Cancer-Related
blogs and a Google Search on the chemotherapy
blogs. The summary of this story is that there is life after cancer, people do survive, and the recovery process extends well beyond getting well to regaining many elements
of the life one had before illness struck – that journey can be very long and hard
too.
In June 2024, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer with the advice to immediately commence treatment. I opted for hypofractionated radiotherapy and have documented my journey in blogs titled Men's things and Photons on the Prostate.
On Nigeria, I am as much Nigerian
as I am English. I have a strong affinity with my Nigerian heritage and write a
lot about Nigerian issues; there are hundreds of blogs to read. You can use the Search facility
to access all the Nigerian blogs, as well as a link to related items beneath the blogs.
Thought Picnic – These are blogs that
do not follow the strict format of my usual blog rules. I have a topical issue that
I address by offering opinion, argument, reason or dispute, just like I have gone out
for a picnic to think about things at a serene natural place.
Thought Picnic: Our Truth The original post.
My other Thought Picnics
Editorial – Just what it says,
on a blog, relating issues unconventionally.
Editorial: Eighth of May 2011, The original post
The Editorials
– A Google search on my blog.
Decade Blogs: A 10th Anniversary Celebration
On the tenth anniversary of my blog, I marked the occasion by inviting
35 friends to contribute their thoughts and expertise. Each friend was given
the freedom to write about any topic that interested them, resulting in a
diverse and engaging collection of blog posts.
These guest blogs were published daily, starting on December 8, 2013,
and continuing into January 2014. The series highlighted the unique
perspectives of each contributor and commemorated a decade of blogging.
This collection serves as a compendium of the anniversary blogs,
celebrating the milestone and showcasing the collaborative spirit that defined
the project.
Decade
Blogs - Roundup V - All the 35 Blogs and Thanks
Essential Snobbery
101 Series
These are essentially
not blogs about snobbery but social commentary on situations, observations,
appearances, and perceptions. They concern how people behave and conduct
themselves in relation to those around them. Going by the football maxim, the
aim is always to kick the ball and never the player.
Essential
Snobbery 101: The rules on suit buttons
