Guns, Pens and Words: the Military, the Politicians and the Intelll Gentsia in the Process of Political Mobilisation

The choice of a title as this one was not fortuitous; it was deliberate. Earlier I selected a very innocuous sounding title: "Political Mobilization and Development." My colleagues reminded me that this was an inaugural address and not a seminar paper and that my predecessors had selec...

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Kaituhi matua: Odetola, T.O
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I whakaputaina: Obafemi Awolowo University Press 2013
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Whakarāpopototanga:The choice of a title as this one was not fortuitous; it was deliberate. Earlier I selected a very innocuous sounding title: "Political Mobilization and Development." My colleagues reminded me that this was an inaugural address and not a seminar paper and that my predecessors had selected such striking titles as, "All flesh is grass", "History and Society". So in this Great Ife tradition, I settled for "Guns, Pens and Words".... guns representing the military; pen, the intellectuals; and words, the politicians. Politicians, of course, these days have more than words, they have money. I do hope then that a title, starting with 'guns' is sufficiently pointed and striking.