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ABSTRACTThe article examines Biodun Jeyifo's contribution, over a period of some 30 years, as newspaper columnist and public intellectual. It traces the evolution of his journalism from print media to the Internet, and the tactical use he has made of the latter to maintain his links with Nigeria from a distance. Focusing on BJ's Talakawa columns, it discusses them through analysis of three aspects of his journalism: his self-conscious use of language and rhetorical devices, both Yoruba and English; his broad subject-categories; and the political efficacy of his intervention.
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