Pius Adesanmi’s appraisal of the fate of the public intellectual
Back in 2012, SLS, now the Emir of Kano, consented that I should help publish, in book form, a compendium of critical essays written by him, over a number of years. It turned out to be a voluminous product running into about 600 printed pages aptly titled “For The Good Of The Nation – Essays & Perspectives of SLS”.
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