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June 12, 2026

Femi Osofisan & Wole Soyinka: A Critical Comparison Of Two African Theatrical Philosophies

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Two Titans, Two Dramatic Visions IN the landscape of modern African theatre, few names command as much intellectual and artistic authority as Professor Femi Osofisan and Professor Wole Soyinka. Both playwrights occupy central positions in the evolution of Nigerian—and indeed African—dramaturgy, yet their theatrical philosophies diverge in significant and revealing ways. While Soyinka’s theatre is […]

May 4, 2026

Before AI & Algorithms: How A 9th-Century Scholar Shaped The Digital World

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By IHTESHAM ALI A Forgotten Architect of the Digital Age LONG before the rise of artificial intelligence, software engineering, and global data systems, a 9th-century scholar working in Baghdad laid the intellectual foundation for what would become the modern digital world. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, a mathematician of the Islamic Golden Age, authored a text […]