Getting a book that tells a powerful story in a simple, humorous, and deeply personal way is hard. This is one such book. Born A Crime by Trevor Noah is one of my best books. It ranks at the top of the list of memoirs I’ve read. It is so good that it is my…
Why nations fail. Why do nations fail? This intriguing question led me to purchase the book back in 2017. Daron Acemoglu, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and James Robinson, a British Economist, are the co-authors. Despite being on my bookshelf for years, I recently picked it up for a…
Life can be frustrating. And our life may go the wrong way. Sometimes we know what to do about them. But we fear that we are not fit, it’s too risky, that we don’t have the knowledge or experience, or we think something better might come along. In The Obstacle Is The Way, Holiday offers…
“Life is not fair.” Elnathan John‘s “Born On A Tuesday” is a reminder of that maxim. Let me tell you a Nigerian secret. Nigerians of the last generation had a habit of naming their children on the day the child was born. If you were born on a Monday, you will be named Monday. If…
There’s the sweet tenderness of God that we mortals often forget about. See, it is easy to make Christianity a routine and forget about the deep things that really make it what it is; love, mercy, and a relationship with God. And confronted with our carnality, it is harder to believe that these things are…