Olufemi Oluniyi’s New Book, Darwin Comes to Africa

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🗓️ 22 February 2023

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On today’s ID the Future, scholar John West introduces Darwin Comes to Africa, the new book by Nigerian pastor, theologian, journalist, scholar, and human rights activist Olufemi Oluniyi. The work explores the poisonous influence of social Darwinism on British rule in northern Nigeria in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a poisonous influence felt in Oluniyi’s home country down to the present, he argues. The book project grew out of Oluniyi’s intimate knowledge of Nigerian culture as well as his attendance at the 2017 Center for Science & Culture Summer Seminar program in Seattle, Washington. By the end of that nine-day gathering, he had resolved to write a book about the impact of Social Darwinism on his home country Read More ›

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0:00.0	I. Charles Darwin was an Englishman through and through, but the impact of his ideas was felt far beyond his home country.
0:20.0	One place in particular that bore the brunt of Darwin's ideas was Africa.
0:25.0	And that's our subject for today's episode of ID the Future.
0:29.0	This is John West, Vice President of Discovery Institute. Today I'm going to tell you about a new book titled
0:35.8	Darwin Comes to Africa, written by my friend Olufimi Olunai from Nigeria. You can find
0:42.2	out more about the book at Darwin Comes to Africa.com.
0:46.5	I had the privilege to write the forward to this book and I'd like to share it with you now.
0:51.6	Here's what I wrote. Like most white Americans I've not spent much
0:56.2	of my life thinking about or studying Africa in its rich history. I say this with
1:01.7	regret. My insularity was challenged when I met the Reverend Dr.
1:06.3	Olofimi Olunai, author of Darwin Comes to Africa.
1:11.1	Olofimi came to Seattle in the summer of 2017 to participate in Discovery Institute's
1:16.6	CS-Lewis Fellows program on science and society, which I direct.
1:21.7	The trip ended up being Oluofimi's first and only visit to America.
1:26.0	Olfimi opened my eyes and heart to the importance of Nigeria to Africa, the dynamic role of Christians there, and the importance of Africa to the world.
1:36.7	His joy for life, his love for his home country, and his love for his fellow man were contagious.
1:43.0	O Fimi led an influential life.
1:46.0	He served as a Christian minister, a college professor, and administrator,
1:50.0	a journalist, and an activist for peace and nonviolence.
1:54.0	He came to participate in our summer seminar program
1:57.0	because he was especially interested in the impact of social Darwinism
2:01.0	and scientism on society. He had already touched on the topic in his book
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