Olufemi Oluniyi’s New Book, Darwin Comes to Africa

Episode 1714 February 22, 2023 00:05:59
Olufemi Oluniyi’s New Book, Darwin Comes to Africa
Intelligent Design the Future
Olufemi Oluniyi’s New Book, Darwin Comes to Africa

Feb 22 2023 | 00:05:59

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Show Notes

On today’s ID the Future, scholar John West introduces Darwin Comes to Africa, the new book by Nigerian pastor, theologian, journalist, scholar, and human rights activist Olufemi Oluniyi. The work explores the poisonous influence of social Darwinism on British rule in northern Nigeria in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a poisonous influence felt in Oluniyi’s home country down to the present, he argues. The book project grew out of Oluniyi’s intimate knowledge of Nigerian culture as well as his attendance at the 2017 Center for Science & Culture Summer Seminar program in Seattle, Washington. By the end of that nine-day gathering, he had resolved to write a book about the impact of Social Darwinism on his home country Read More ›

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