Justice Chambers

THE RADIANT JUSTICE CHAMBERS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   presents     The 2020 Annual ‘GEORGE AKINYEMI IWILADE ‘AFRIKA’ ESSAY COMPETITION’ We invite interested students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria to submit an essay on ‘Youth and Leadership in Africa: the questions, the answers and the duty’. The essay should explore the powers, aspirations, and limitations of youth and how they shape young people’s connections with leadership. It should also explore the key infrastructures through which youth are able to impact on leadership or indeed, lead.  George Akinyemi Iwilade (‘ Afrika ’) was a third-year law student and Secretary- General of the Students’ Union at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife when he was murdered by cultists on the 10th of July, 1999. Apart from being a stellar student and an outstanding leader, Afrika was an intellectual who focused on the critical intersections of race, history, and development in Af...