To encourage deeper engagement with the ideas shared on this platform, two people who provide the best answers to the questions below will receive cash gifts.

The questions are based on my article on Awolowo’s legacy, “Balloons and Bullets: Reflections on Awolowo’s Ideologies of Love, Empathy and Mental Magnitude.”

Guidelines:

• Answers should be one or two lines maximum — just enough to show that you actually read and comprehend the article.

• AI-generated submissions are discouraged. Simply read the article and answer.

• Selections will be made from entries on Facebook alone.

• Deadline for submissions: 9:00pm today.

Quiz Questions

1. What unexpected incident inside a telecommunications store at Ikeja City Mall caused the author to momentarily relive the fear associated with gunfire?

2. How did the armed robbery incident at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in 2013 shape the author’s understanding of the psychological impact of violence and trauma?

3. Before experiencing the airport robbery, why did the author believe he could easily empathise with victims of violent conflict encountered during his international work?

4. What is the name of the colleague the author was travelling with at the time of the airport robbery incident?

5. What role does education play in Awolowo’s philosophy of societal transformation and human development?

6. According to the article, how do some political actors exploit poverty, identity divisions, and social grievances to maintain power?

7. What caution does the author give about leaders who deploy empathy merely as a political strategy rather than as a genuine moral virtue?

8. According to Awolowo’s philosophy, what is the relationship between mental magnitude and effective leadership?

9. Why did Awolowo’s childhood experience of poverty and the loss of his father strengthen his advocacy for free and universal education?

10. What is the difference between cognitive empathy and compassionate empathy, and why is compassionate empathy essential for ethical leadership?

I look forward to reading your responses. Winners will be announced after the deadline.

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