{"id":75096,"date":"2020-12-23T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T12:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/12\/23\/man-of-our-times-why-albert-camus-matters\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T12:57:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T12:57:39","slug":"man-of-our-times-why-albert-camus-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/man-of-our-times-why-albert-camus-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Man of our times: Why Albert Camus matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k3VAuT33QApJnEwxkPs\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s been gone six decades but after 2020, it feels like French literary great Albert Camus matters more than ever. 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