Prof. Olanrewaju Olu-Adeyemi

Mandela: A hero to blacks and Whites Though saddened by his demise, millions of his admirers across the globe were glad to see Nelson Mandela conclude his long walk to freedom from lung infection and tuberculosis last Thursday as he bade the world a final farewell. Given the hard time he had endured during his long incarceration, first at the redoubtable Robben Island, and later at Pollsmoor Prison in Tokai, Cape Town, it was gnawing and annoying to see him lean on medical practitioners and technology just to stay alive. Now that he is dead, he is free from aches and pains; free from syringes and scalpels; free from intravenous and extra-venous therapies. He is free at last; free from dependence, free from speculations; free from a world earnestly waiting to hear the announcement of his passing. The Madiba was not just a South African hero; he was a global idol. He was loved and revered by people across cultures as well as religious and political persuasions. He was a globa...

ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY AKUNGBA AKOKO DEPT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION POS 404: THEORIES OF WAR AND STRATEGIES OF PEACE Course description War is a most constant phenomenon in the continuing evolution of politically organized human communities from the earliest times to the present. So also has the attempt to restore peace become an inevitable accompaniment of the phenomenon of war. This course examines these realities, seeking in the process an appreciation of the real nature and causes of war as explicated in extant theoretical postulations on the one hand, and the strategies of attaining peace on the other. Expectations To facilitate robust interaction on the topics in the class; a list or relevant texts and documents is provided by the Instructor. Every student is expected to search, read and understand the key arguments of the identified articles before coming to class. A good percentage of the overall scores go to constructive participation in cl...