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Nigeria and the Spirit of ‘Aṣiṣe’
« on: March 29, 2022, 01:03:14 PM »
Nigeria and the Spirit of ‘Aṣiṣe’

Translated in its simplest form, “aṣiṣe” (ashee-shay) in Yoruba means blunder, mistake or error. But the English language perennially fails to capture the nuances of certain Yoruba words. Aṣiṣe is deeper than a mere, everyday mistake. There is an element of unusualness to it, a bit of stupidity or an insinuation of operating under a […]
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