Prophets and Lightbulbs By Sadiq Abdulsalam Adeiza
Prophets and Lightbulbs By Sadiq Abdulsalam Adeiza When I was little, I wanted to be a prophet when I grew up, not the prophet Lagbajas running around these days but the real deal, the Moses, the Joseph, the David kind of prophet. I wanted to perform miracles, receive revelations, command great armies etc. Mind you, I was a little boy with a head full of bible stories from school. That dream was short lived however as I soon learnt from my religious faith that the ship had sailed and the final messenger of God (SAW) had come and gone. So disgruntled, like every other kid, I turned my ambitions to less lofty heights like becoming the president of the country or the next Jay-Jay Okocha. For me, science was love at first sight; the discovery, the creativity, the logic, the reasoning, the ingenuity, they all blended to form mosaic colors of wonderfulness and endless possibilities in my mind. Every time I think ...