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As our world battles on from a Darkened past and an equally Dark present, a steady beam of
Light persists. It is eternal and within the core Spirit of humankind. It has long sought full release;
opening wide the flood-gates of Actuation, Inclusion and Life Engagement. On Wings of
Light declares this time has already arrived. Sharply accelerating transfigurative effects, it
contends, are due to the advent of Cybernetics; the combined operation of Electronics and
Communications in our modern world. Cybernetics not only brings Great Light to illuminate
age-old Corridors of Darkness; it points mankind in the direction of a bright and promising Horizon
Future. In the unfolding of this future, it maintains that Africa, with its vast lands, folk, resources,
root Ethic of Light and increasing prominence, will play the determining role. Exploring relevant
concepts, thoughts and perceptions; this work reflects on their meaning, significance and stimulus
to practical research and activity.
Professor Michael Vickers taught Political Science at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo
University) Nigeria; taught and conducted research at universities in America, Canada, and the
United Kingdom; is the recipient of the Distinguished Academic Award (2012) from the Toyin Falola
Annual International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora, (Lagos). He authored (with Ken
Post) of Structure and Conflict in Nigeria, 1960-65 (London & Madison, 1973), Ethnicity and
Sub-Nationalism in Nigeria (Oxford, 2000), Odes of Forest and Town, (Sussex, 2002), Phantom
Trail—Discovering Ancient America, (New York, 2005), A Nation Betrayed—Nigeria and the 1957
Minorities Commission (Trenton, NJ, 2010), Phantom Ship (Trenton, NJ, 2013), and Looking Back
from the Future (Forthcoming). He holds a doctorate in Political Science and West African Studies
from the University of Birmingham, UK. He is Emeritus Director of Parliamentary and Public Affairs,
The Hillfield Agency (UK).
ISBN: 978-1-943533-01-5 Ι Published 2015 | Pan-African University Press
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