— OUBAS Reflections
Short external works, clearly attributed, alongside concise OUBAS commentary on leadership, dignity, power, ethics, institutional behaviour, African development and personal responsibility.
Featured reflection
A contemporary internet reflection lists signs of social decline: noise displacing wisdom, dishonesty becoming respectable, public image outranking character and leaders living from rather than for the people.
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An OUBAS Reflection on state abuse, institutional accountability and the danger of government performance replacing public responsibility.
Carina Cedrechi · video · 2026/10/03
Read reflectionA contemporary internet reflection lists signs of social decline: noise displacing wisdom, dishonesty becoming respectable, public image outranking character and leaders living from rather than for the people.
DbnBoy · image · 2026/10/01
Read reflectionThe reflection argues that an incapable leader may protect authority by silencing knowledgeable people, surrounding himself with compliant supporters and weakening the institution he leads.
disciplinarydigni · image · 2026/10/01
Read reflectionThe speaker contrasts animal-group behaviour with human political behaviour and argues that people sometimes reward loudness, appearance and confidence instead of competence and judgement.
@chybike.unmoved · video · 2026/10/01
Read reflectionThe speaker questions whether electoral systems reward wisdom and competence or reward persuasion, performance and manipulation.
@wisdommer · video · 2026/10/01
Read reflectionThe speaker argues that religious teachings have sometimes been interpreted in ways that encourage oppressed people to accept hardship instead of demanding justice in the present.
@elouncertainty · video · 2026/10/01
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