Saraba 12 – The Law/Justice Issue
Our focus in the 12th Issue of Saraba is Justice. Beginning with the premise that Justice is often stereotyped within a legal regime, and the evident tethered quality of such confinement. And going further to consider broad-ranging ethical and neo-ethical implications of rights, jurisprudence, politics, social activism, intellectual property, dispute resolution, etc. etc. How can the intricacies of legalism be considered in aesthically artistic ways? Is... Read More
Saraba Issue 11 – Publishing Note
Collage of Sexuality Sometimes sex is a word, sometimes it’s not. Often it’s a question, an exchange, a protest, a dialogue. Often it’s a state of complexness. Sex is both body and soul, presented in visual and textual terms. In this issue, where we have succeeded in collecting mostly sex-themed writings, outlooks range from the vulgar to the pious, from the introspective to the blasphemous. And that’s because our reading of sexuality must... Read More
The 2012 National Prof Olikoye Ransome-Kuti Memorial Essay Competition
IFEMED JOURNAL Club Presents THE 2012 NATIONAL PROFESSOR OLIKOYE RANSOME-KUTI MEMORIAL ESSAY COMPETITION titled 7 billion and counting: Global Implications, Challenges and Opportunities for Nigeria. 1st Prize: N100 000 2nd Prize: N60 000 3rd Prize: 40 000 and 7 Consolation Prizes Open to all undergraduates of MEDICINE, PHARMACY, DENTISTRY, PHYSIOTHERAPY, MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE and NURSING in Nigeria. All entries must be submitted via e-mail... Read More
Saraba Magazine on Sex
Saraba Magazine’s 11th Issue will explore the subject of sex and sexuality – sex as ‘being’ and sex as ‘doing.’ How does sex manifest itself as a question of personhood, difference, affection, rights, protest, etc. The Publishers and Editors hope to recieve diverse submissions of poetry, fiction and non-fiction that reflect the open-ended parenthesis that surrounds/reflects the diversity of sex and sexuality. Our... Read More
The Revolution in Real-Time
Here are my questions and suggestions: 1. Can the Political Scientists and the Lawyers amongst us enlighten us on the constitutional devices by which the National Assembly can pressure the Executive or Judiciary into taking a particular course of action? 2. Based on our practical options and the decision criterion of ‘what is immediately actionable’, can we can draft a 1-paged, straightforward and measurable demand which we would press... Read More
