Remi Adekoya
@RemiAdekoya1
Politics lecturer @UniofYork. Professional question-asker (and occasional answer-haver). Words @ForeignPolicy, @ForeignAffairs, @Guardian, @Politico, @unherd.
Will repeat, highly recommend frequent and close encounters with the Kenyan voter you are hoping to win over. Nothing will then surprise or frustrate you and easier to focus on the job to be done rather than pipe dreams. There is no such thing as a rational voter
Kofi Annan (Ghana): "To lead is to serve. You cannot lead people you do not care about." #leaders
Haile Selassie (Ethiopia): "Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others. The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficent purpose."
Hi, ER Doc here. I don’t know who needs to hear this but do NOT even think about it.
Japanese design firm Kenji Abe has designed a glass beer bottle that you can stick into the sand on the beach
My daughter’s new bluetooth karaoke mic has suddenly and mysteriously disappeared and we are all just so, so sad that we can’t find it
grandmas passing you money like a drug deal >>>
A grandmothers love
The average 🇺🇸 American household owes $10,000 in credit card debt, $58,957 in student loan debt, $241,840 in mortgage debt and $22,612 in auto loans according to a survey by PolicyGenius.
After a certain age, you are no longer the product of your environment or how you were raised. It's a personal choice to live the way you do.
Hit me with the harshest reality truth.
BREAKING: Poland discovers largest oil and gas field in country’s history with 33M tonnes of oil and 27 bcm of gas.
Bruh, no matter what you’re dealing with, once your health takes a hit, that becomes your only real problem. Never underestimate the value of good health.
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." ~ Desmond Tutu (South Africa) #goodleader
‘The Cosby Show’ star Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died at 54 from an accidental drowning, TMZ reports.
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger."- Nelson Mandela #leader #leader
Pre-PhD: I’m not sure about the answer Post-PhD: I’m not sure about the answer or the question
Tbh, not sure there are many Africans today who GENUINELY believe Africa is poor simply due to colonialism. Few Africans say this when only Africans are in the room. It’s usually rather used to provide an alibi for Africa’s current situation when non-Africans are listening.
Whenever I mention that Africa isn’t poor today because of colonialism, people get furious. Fine. You want to talk about colonial legacy? Let’s discuss the Napoleonic Code that francophone African countries STILL follow voluntarily. Even France itself is trying to modernize and…
"I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution." — True Detective S1
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”- African Proverb #leader
Motivational speakers: "There's a tiger in you." Meanwhile the tiger in me: