Blurbs by Sadiq

Introduction Where, and how, do you begin a tribute to this colossus of an intellectual, this illustrious teachers' teacher; this frontline warrior for the unity, independence and progress of the peoples of Nigeria, Africa and the Third World; this formidable enemy of oppressors, local and foreign; this untiring fighter for social justice and against corruption in all its forms, this fountain of inspiration to all Nigerian patriots? Do you start from his pan-African, student, days in the United Kingdom, or should the take-off point be 1968, the year from which, till his death, he became completely and irrevocably committed to a humble life of teaching, research and the advancement of learning? Perhaps, the approach should rather be thematic, beginning with his early writings and activism against apartheid and for African liberation, and then proceeding to consider his preoccupation with corruption and the manipulation of ethnicity and religion, before taking up his active engagemen