“I am a strong believer in the concept of liberation theology and in the ethos of the theology of the laity. What that means is this- in all that we seek to do and whatever our life’s calling and aspirations prove to be, we must always carry our faith, our courage, our sense of justice …
“My 7 favourite characters in the bible are Jehu the son of Nimshi, Joab the Captain of David’s army, King Cyrus of Persia, Samuel the Prophet, King David, Moses and the Apostle Paul.
“If they ever tell my story let them say I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles.” ____ Odysseus.
“When the rubbish begins to stink throw it out. When slaves begin to overestimate their own importance and relevance cut off their balls. When dogs seek to rule in the land of men shoot them in the head. When a chicken starts to believe that it is an eagle cut out it’s beak. When the …
When the rubbish begins to stink throw it out.______________ Femi Fani-Kayode. Read More »
“No brutality, mistreatment, or torture has ever forced me to ask for grace, for I prefer to die with my head high, my faith unshakable, and my confidence profound in the destiny of my country, rather than to live in submission and scorn of sacred principles. History will one day have its say, but it …
No brutality, mistreatment______________ Patrice Lumumba. Read More »
“This heart of mine. I never knew you could feel this much. You treasure so much, u carry so much, u make room for so much, u bear so much. Even when I thought you were broken, u still give so much. Ever mine, ever beating heart .” ______________ Vivian Agbaza, 7th Dec. 2011.
Dear Sir, I write to you as a brother, a son, a friend, and most especially a Nigerian youth. I know about you that you’ve got greatness within you, you have the ability to do things that you can’t even begin to Imagine, you have got talents and skills that you haven’t even begin to …
A LETTER OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO CHIEF FEMI FANI-KAYODE. by Ayanlola Ayanyimika (2009) Read More »
Ye sons of France, awake to glory, Hark, hark! what myriads bid you rise! Your children, wives and white-haired grandsires. Behold their tears and hear their cries! (repeat) Shall hateful tyrants, mischiefs breeding, With hireling hosts, a ruffian band, Affright and desolate the land, While peace and liberty lie bleeding?
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places …
The Holy Bible: Isaiah 45 by the Prophet Isaiah. Read More »