Yoof. That’s how some in London pronounce: YOUTH. There we were thinking the exuberance of the adults at Ireti’s send-off do had left the younger ones there somewhat inhibited. The older ones got tired eventually and what do you know? The next generation got up and decided to treat us to a spirited session of sing-along and dancing – see photos. It was our turn to pay attention to the ‘Yoof’ who seemed to be telling us, ‘This is how we do it!’
Africa and the Tyranny of the Cult of Mediocrity - Helen Grange
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It is a piercing indictment of African liberation sensibility when, like
some biblical Jews in the long desert to Canaan who demanded that Moses
returns ...
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