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By Demola Olarewaju I wasn't going to say much about the person and passing of the former President Shehu Shagari beyond the perfunctory but yesterday I read a thread from someone I respect somewhat. First I think it’s important to say (as I’ve said before) that I understand this generation is coming into alternate historical knowledge and it feels compelled to denigrate past personalities upon discovery of their flaws - which mainstream History sometimes covers up. For me, that epiphany came in the past especially with past Yoruba Leaders whom many in my family adored and I grew up adoring too. But I had a mind that explored and I went in search of history as written by the people those Leaders disliked and I saw the flaws they’d hidden. The advantage the progressive camp in Nigeria has always had - especially in the SW axis - is that they always documented their experiences and those documents became mainstream. So if they disliked/hated someone, the records bore them witness be...
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