By Nnaemeka Oruh
One of the things I have learnt, first as a student of
literature, and then as a literary critic, is that incidents (especially those
brought about by human action) do not randomly occur in isolation, but are
rather linked to other incidents. Thus an incident would either be a result or
cause of another incident. For instance, the man or woman who becomes a
terrorist does not just wake up one day to become one. Several incidents
(including indoctrination) would have combined to create in him the mind-set of
a terrorist. It is simply human nature.
*South African President, Jacob Zuma and President
Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria
Recently, we have all been inundated
with information, pictures, and even videos of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa
