Jiddare Ummsulaim

The recent presidential election in the United States of America did throw up a number of concerns over the enormous power of social media in election campaigns. In particular, allegations of fake news on Facebook, particularly reports of Donald Trump’s endorsement by Pope Francis jolted the democratic campaign until it was refuted and declared unverified by critics in the on-line community.

Humanity today is like a walking dreamer caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks abut cannot find the precise place and  hour. We have created a star wars civilization with stone age emotions, medieval institutions and god like technology. We thrash about, we are terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence and a danger to ourselves and to the rest of life. Edward O. Wilson About two years ago, I wrote a piece with the same title as this.

I have tried to write the story of Chief Rasheed Abiodun Gbadamosi  a number of times  in the last fourteen years. But it had been a gargantuan task I have postponed a number of times, and circumstances had postponed a few times. Although we did not agree  ideologically,  but he was a humanist whose point of connection with people were their humanity,  intellect and capability. A  man of ideas, when you made a good point, he conceded.