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The tragedy of becoming a professor is that it takes almost an entire lifetime merely to qualify for the title. [Courtesy]
There comes a point when even Village Wisdom, where truth walks barefoot, stops walking, sits under the old mugumo tree, scratches its grey beard and asks a dangerous question: When did reading too much become a punishable offence?
That question returned with force after the recent court decision upholding the retirement age of professors at seventy.
At first glance, seventy sounds generous. To politicians, it sounds ancient. To footballers, impossible. But to a professor, seventy is often the age when the mind has finally finished introducing itself.
