Author: Fay Deleola

Still on the ‘Indian Garri’... We're completely ou

Monday, February 27, 2017
Very recently, Nigerian news readers were inundated with a picture of a packaged Garri in a plastic bag. It was labeled TRS GARI -Asia 39;s Finest Food 39;. Along with the picture was a compelling opener by the author of the post: ldquo;This is sincerely an absurdity of mon ...

What’s in a Symbol?

Saturday, June 15, 2013
...merriment on Curse? On a discuss sometime last week, with my colleagues, we came up with the dearth of Yoruba language and then, to proverbs and their English translations. A mention was made of Igun' and 'Akalamagbo' birds in Yoruba language and the search for their English names. We drifted ...