A memorial colloquium was on Thursday held in honour of Bjorn Beckman, a Marxist scholar who died in November 2019.
The theme of the lecture in memory of the 81-year old Marxist scholar was “The Future of Democracy in Nigeria”.
“We have lost another gem. All of these towering intellectuals were active participants in that vibrant debate the likes of which have now disappeared from Nigerian academic circles- a real tragedy,” he said. For four decades, he said, Mr Beckman played the role of revolutionary mentor, academic supervisor, guide for rigorous Marxist-Leninist analysis and link to Africanist and internationalist radical scholarship and action.“Professor Bjorn Beckman was important to us because of his deep commitment to African development. He immersed himself in the successive radical struggles of the 1980s and 1990s and beyond.
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