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Mfonobong Inyang: Much Ado About Political Structures
For the first seventeen years of my life, I lived in a particular yard. So inevitably, the schematics of the yard and the faces of people in the community were entrenched in my subconscious. Two years...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti – The Prophet Who Saw Tomorrow
Last year, I wrote about Fela Anikulapo Kuti, describing him as the original “coconut head”, not just because he once released music under the imprint fortuitously named Coconut Records but more...
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Mfonobong Inyang: It is the Turn of the Lazy Nigerian Youth!
“When I started running for president, everybody said a black guy named Barack Obama wasn’t going to win the presidency of the United States. But what I was banking on was the fact that with all the...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The 2022 Kenyan Electoral Experience – A President-Elect’s...
55-year-old William Ruto has since emerged as the president-elect after defeating perennial contender, 77-year-old Raila Odinga in Kenya’s high-octane elections. The historic polls wasn’t without its...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Having The Gift of Critical Thinking & Perspective (3)
Communication is key to development. The ability to effectively exchange ideas cannot be over-emphasised. Communication is particularly important in public service, governance and politics because...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Musings About a New Nigeria & the Fierce Urgency of Now
Last month, I attended a conference themed Disruptive Leadership In Critical Times. In one of the masterclasses, facilitated by a management genius, he shared very profound thoughts. He talked about...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Power of Community Organising During Electioneering
For some young Nigerians, the 2023 general elections would be their first as the number for permanent voters’ cards’ registration shows. So it’s no gainsaying that young people are the biggest voting...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Dogmatism is A Major Problem in Nigerian Politics
When the rubber hits the road, right-thinking people double down on competence – not ethnicity or religion. You would think our economic woes will make electing the most competent person...
View ArticleMfonobong Inyang: Why Turkeys Never Vote for Thanksgiving
Assuming turkeys could vote for or against Thanksgiving, we know what option they would go for. Surely, it’s not in the strategic interest of turkeys to vote for Thanksgiving – it may be a feast for...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Electioneering and Violations of Human Rights in Nigeria
It’s shameful how shameless we have become as a collective and a corporate entity. Here, we are still writing think-pieces calling for the respect of fundamental liberties in a country that is...
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Mfonbong Inyang: All Things 2022 and Other Little Stories
God is great I can’t lie. It’s not being mid when I say that being alive is still the biggest flex. We lost a lot of folks just when their careers were about to take off. I had a radically different...
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Mfonobong Inyang: This Year, Have the Gift Of Critical Thinking & Perspective
My start-of-the-year homily is about civics because there is nothing more paramount right now than the 2023 elections. You don’t just vote for a man, you vote for his model, machinery and mindset....
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Mfonobong Inyang: 2023 Elections Should Be about Strategic Interests, Not...
There are two important words you must grasp because they determine almost every outcome on the face of God’s green earth: strategic interests. They are not just restricted to the lexicon of foreign...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Nigerians Will Get it Right in the 2023 Elections
“I did not go to school (so) that I vote individuals because they come from my ethnic group. Tell me the agenda on health, the agenda on agriculture, so that if I vote for them, it would just be...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Bad Governance – Are We The Cause?
“The presidency doesn’t change who you are; it reveals who you are. And the same thing is true of a presidential campaign. So, if a candidate is erratic and threatening, if a candidate traffics in...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Small Matter of Gubernatorial & State Assembly Elections
The 25th of February 2023 will forever be remembered as the darkest day since the dawn of democracy in 1999. A date when a dagger was driven through the heart of our sacred franchise and the soul of...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Giving Women Their Flowers This History Month
A good story is multi-layered; it is littered with subplots that typically fly under the radar because notoriety is given to what people consider the dominant or preferred narrative. As I pondered on...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Passion of Christ & The Philosophy of The Pharisees
I find the Pharisees quite fascinating. Sometimes, one has to look at them from a different prism – a dialectic perspective that helps to deconstruct their playbook. Jesus’ interactions with them...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Fight or Flight – Is Japa The Only Escape From Poor...
Whether you attended a bourgeois nursery school or one of those ‘international’ schools in the trenches, there is a high chance you learned about the famous rhyme: “Two little dicky birds sitting on a...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Moses & Joshua – Leadership Archetypes For Different...
Anecdotes are veritable tools in storytelling because you are speaking to your audience in a language that they will understand. In deciding to do a series of deep dives on leadership imperatives, I...
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Mfonobong Inyang: What We Can Learn from Saul and David ‘s Leadership Model
In this instalment of leadership imperatives, I’m doubling down on the use of anecdotes and archetypes as veritable tools for storytelling. We sometimes forget that a story being codified or canonised...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Democracy Day 2023 – A Reminder That Nigeria Belongs to the...
The trees once intended to appoint a king. They said to the olive tree, “Reign over us” but the olive tree said to them, “Should I cease giving my oil with which they honour God and men just to sway...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Fathers Deserve Their Flowers All the Time
For every story, there is a stereotype – a mainstream narrative that has become consistent and convenient. The rendition of any story influences your perspective of who the protagonist or villain is....
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Rise of A Generation They Never Saw Coming
This quote by Chinua Achebe ages well: “Being a Nigerian is abysmally frustrating and unbelievably exciting.” For some people, Nigeria is a metaphor for an abusive relationship – loving a country that...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Remembering Chadwick Boseman & Reminiscing on Leadership...
First of all, rest in peace, Chadwick Boseman. It’s said that art imitates life; the first instalment of the Black Panther movie from Marvel Studios presents a cultural archetype of the phenomenon of...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Importance of Documentation in Preserving Legacy
Chinua Achebe, the father of modern African literature, wrote his critically acclaimed magnum opus, Things All Apart, in 1958. The book became the gold standard for storytelling, an archetype for...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Story of Ahab, Jezebel & Jehu as a Metaphor for...
In every story, there’s always that one guy who does the most but somehow doesn’t get enough PR. Those were exactly my thoughts when I came across this fascinating character known as Jehu. Before his...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Celebrating and Inspiring Men Through the Story of Joseph
Movember is a series of conversations and events held every November to address a myriad of issues that men face. Whilst I was primarily inspired by Movember, the imperatives contained herein aren’t...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Drawing Inspiration from Abraham for International Men’s Day
The book of Genesis is one for beginnings. It isn’t so much about it being the start of creation but more about it being the start of documented creation. As such, most of the things captured therein...
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Mfonobong Inyang: On Bovi’s Brilliant Masterclass At Daystar’s Leadership...
Sam Adeyemi has always been my favourite from way back. His books on leadership contributed a great deal to shaping my worldview in those early days. Together with my bosom friend that year, we...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Understanding the Hidden Meanings in the Birth of Christ
The story of the Nativity of Jesus Christ, also known as The First Noel, has been celebrated for over two millennia. This story is a reminder that God gave His only begotten son to save the world,...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Pearls to Help You Navigate The New Year
If you thought 2023 was wild, then you’re in for some more interesting times in 2024. I thought to share some expanded thoughts from my journal as a lift-off for the New Year. Mfon Must Shine You have...
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Mfonobong Inyang: My Reflection on The Past Years & The New Year
Fate whispers to the warrior, “You cannot withstand the storm.” The warrior whispers back, “I am the storm.” 2023 was a wrecking ball but I took it in my stride like it was nothing. For basketball...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Love Requires Street OT These Days
I have never claimed to be a relationship expert but I am innately a very observant person. It also helped me greatly to have studied Economics because as a social scientist, I’ve an uncanny skill in...
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Mfonobong Inyang: How’s Regulating Social Media In Nigeria The Best Decision?
Beyond my literary cheekiness, the deliberate use of oxymoron is a gambit to highlight how counter-intuitive a backdoor attempt to stifle social commentary in Nigeria through a proposed social media...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Many Ways You Can Make Money From Writing
There is something known as soft power, the ability to influence the behaviour of others through attraction and appeal rather than through force and coercion. Although it’s more pronounced in...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Radical Love of Jesus Christ
The wittiest wordsmiths struggle when articulating unsullied truths about The Word, even gifted folks find it fascinating when documenting their thoughts on The Gift. Anyone who thinks they are the...
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Mfonobong Inyang: A Superfan’s Perspective of WWE Wrestlemania XL
From childhood, I have always been an aficionado of WWE. We would pray for NEPA not to disappoint us on Saturday evenings when previous episodes on Monday Night RAW or Friday Night Smackdown would air...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Profound Thoughts That Can Move The Needle In The Second Half
2024 has definitely been wild. Not gonna lie, the opps nearly had me in the first half. Even my bank account dey whine me but I no panic; I still maintain maximum composure. Amidst all the madness, an...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Is Kenya Practising Democracy?
I have developed an unwritten policy that if I publicly co-sign a person, a cause or a project but for some reason, things go south – it becomes a responsible thing to also publicly address that same...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Big Wiz – When The Stars Align
Earlier this month, Americans celebrated the 248th anniversary of the nation’s birth, better known as Independence Day. I will preface my subject by reproducing some insights I shared with my audience...
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Mfonobong Inyang: David’s Divine Leadership versus Saul’s Ceremonial Rule
I just left the airport, I said I must come here – there was no way I was going to miss this chance to cook. I admire Luke’s MO, the brilliant raconteur who was inspired to give his readers an...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Young Nigerians Are The Real Turning Point Generation
I’m proud to be a young Nigerian; particularly to be part of the critical mass that moves the needle – we used to pray for times like these. Long ago I began sensing that the salvation of this country...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Chidimma Adetshina – The Lingering Impact of Colonial...
Tough conversations on critical issues should be had, especially when any handshake goes beyond the elbow. The disgraceful outrage against Chidinma Adetshina at the Miss South Africa pageant...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Wisdom From Wakanda – Remembering King T’Challa
Chadwick Boseman made an indelible mark with his most regal role in the first instalment of the Black Panther franchise. He didn’t just body the T’Challa role, he owned it. It is said that art...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Important Notes For Writers, Creatives and Content Creators
Most of what I know today about writing and public speaking was self-taught. When I started, I had a flair for expressing but I didn’t have mentors and models that could hone my talents until much...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Commemorating The International Day Of Democracy
One of my favourite words from the Greek vocabulary is metanoia – it means to change your mind. This is instructive because the very nature of human beings makes us limited; it means amongst other...
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Mfonobong Inyang: The Tale of Two Men As a Representation for Nigeria Today
October is a special month for me, not only because it’s my birth month but because it’s also the month Nigeria celebrates its Independence. It’s always a cocktail of emotions; gratitude, grief and...
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Mfonobong Inyang: Four Perspectives Through The Lens of Customer Service Week
I subscribe to many brands’ newsletters, and on October 7th, 2024, my email inbox exploded with their messages. Some of the emails were ironic because I haven’t enjoyed excellent service from those...
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Mfonbong Inyang: How Communities of Faith Are Helping Out Nigerians In Such...
Nigeria and its citizens are undeniably facing some of their toughest times. Four months ago, The New York Times published a harsh article titled “Nigeria Confronts its Worst Economic Crisis in a...
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