You cannot afford to be poor. Pause and reflect. A Thread:
@Marzuq_Ungogo &I reached this position around Dec 2017 for the simple reason that, as a northern Nigerian, you are bounded by responsibilities you're neither consulted for nor a signatory to. The so-called Black Tax.
The income of average Hausa-Fulani man is, directly or indirectly, tied to the responsibility of at least ten people. And you're expected to shoulder these inherited responsibilities with equanimity&defiance even at the face of the existential threats of poverty and squalor.
Jun 5, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Long time ago, there's a book I read: The Burden of Proof by Scott Turrow. In it I learned that the burden of proof lies with the accuser. If Mr. A accuses Mr. B of stealing his phone, it's the responsibility of Mr. A to prove beyond reasonable doubts that Mr. B stole his phone.
My little knowledge of law&court procedure suffered incalculable damage in 2017. Ms. Ford accused Mr Kavanaugh, a US SC judge nominee, of molesting her. The accusatn was said to hav happened in 1980. The SM wants Mr Kavanaugh to clear his name NOT Ms Ford to prove her accusation.
Dec 15, 2019 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Re: The Forgotten History: the Effect of Coloniality on Islamicate Education in Northern Nigeria
A Thread
@ScholarAkassi1 @dj_kere @Jikan_Katuma
The documentary is a good exercise in correcting the perennial revisionism and historical misrepresentation of the Almajiri system of education. And I commend the efforts of Mr. Sunusi Abubakar and the scholarly clarifications of the interviewees. 1/
