I love this book. The author has a strong sense of African
and world history. He pays tribute to some fantastic (scientific) discoverers
and inventors. Tragically these days (especially among the young), scientific
marvels are taken for granted; electricity generally, radio, tv, fans,
telephone, internet, mobile phones.
Yet all these things are very very new in world history. In
fact, for most centuries, the world and its people existed without all these
wonders. Yes, even in the western world the discovery of electricity occurred
only after thousands of years since mankind had been living on earth!
This is a very sobering thought, and the author (chief Bolaji) here is very
perceptive and appreciative of this fact. Nowadays we whine and whinge about
minuscule glitches on internet, prized smartphones etc – never sparing a
thought for the great, selfless minds that laid the foundation for all of this.
In this wise, this
work -Tebogo and the pantophagist is a superb work that I personally would love
to see being read in schools all over Africa.
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Ben Odegbami
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