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HAPPY THANKS GIVING DAY AND BARKA DE SALAH
To all readers of JSD in the United States, I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving Day. And to readers outside the United States who are wondering what the Americans are on about, well it is a public holiday observed on the 4th Thursday of November. ...
Five Fingers, Five Continents by Indira Nooyi
Similar to the speech given by Bryan Dyson. Here’s a motivational speech given by Indra Nooyi, president and CFO of PepsiCo ( PEP ), at the Columbia University Business School graduation ceremonies on May 15. A little long, but definitely worth...
Obama’s Bow; IS IT A BLACK THING?
“Outrage in Washington over Obama’s bow in Japan”, this was how DrudgeReport captured it on its site. That wasn’t the first time Americans have cried over their President bowing to another Fella. The Americans just cannot for...
“Evil has taken over Mega City Lagos” with Nudists at Strip clubs in Nigeria.
Applying the popular Nigerian parlance, “Na wa o” (meaning…. , forgive me, it has no interpretation. The nearest description would be a very long sigh) to this story is all I can mutter for now. Vanquardngr.com with its headline ...
Chimamanda warns against the danger of a SINGLE STORY…
Chimamanda Adichie made a graceful appearance at this year’s TED Conference held in Oxford, England. Four days of inspired thinking looked beyond the obvious, at the hidden forces shaping our future, at the mysterious functioning of things, at ...
“…..we’re called human beings, not human doings.”
Toyin Onabowu sent me an email with a portion of the text below. Thanks Toyin. Many years ago, I read “The Purpose – Driven Life” by Rick Warren, and I must say that it left a mighty impression on my spirituality. Toyin, your email was...


Jide is a very strong writer, who has a way of sharing his story and weaving it around a bigger truth that we all should try to grasp. The writing is personal and yet informative. A must read blog.
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