This book is one thinker's attempt to evolve heuristic paradigms for engaging the many fault lines that have beggared every effort to forge a unified postcolonial nation out of Britain's most populous and by far most confounding colonial formation in African: Nigeria. - Prof. Pius adesanmi (Late), Professor, Carleton University,Ottawa, Canada *** This Collection of essays and interviews is more than just a book;it is (a)'tour de force' which covers a plethora of topics and subjects. Every sentence and paragraph contains an idea and message to make our country a place where fairness and Justice reign. Whether discussing Western or Islamic philosophy, History and Anthropology of the various peoples in Nigeria, or the divisive injection ofor ethnicity and religion into our politics, Lamido is brutally frank, thoughtful and logical. - Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Governor, Kaduna State, Nigeria *** In this collection of forceful argumentation organised around several demanding and daring essays, the man popularly called SLS, presents readers with much to chew. We have come to expect strident, even controversial, declamations from the author on matters of public interest - Whether that be those concerning the political organisation of Nigeria and the related political economy or those regarding the theological tensions that define the country. Yet in the bringing together his public reflections over the years in this book, we have an opportunity to connect, assess, in one whole, the different dispositions in the range of his arguments, as well as the ideological - including the cultural and theological - perspectivesthat inform SLS's reflections on, responses to and attempts at the resolution of the important questions of our era. As one of the most cerebral - and privileged - Nigerians of our time, the author's thoughts deserve much attention. - Wale Adebanwi, Rhodes professor of Race Relation, University of Oxford, UK.