Stories about Nigeria from January, 2006
Nigeria: hostages freed
Nigerian Times reports on the freeing of hostages in Nigeria's Niger Delta.
Nigeria: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Molara Wood points to an interview with Kenyan writer, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, in Saturdays UK Guardian…..”I told them I wanted to be in touch with the everyday. But we returned to a nightmare”
African Music Roundup
What is African hip hop? From Nairobi to Dakar hip hop has caught the imagination of the youth producing so many rap crews, breakers and all round b-boys. Some argue it's roots go back to the days of the African Griot, others argue its a unique African American experience. Whatever...
Nigeria: feminism in Africa
Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories reports on a discussion at his university (University of Obafemi Awolow – Ife) on “Feminism & its role in contemporary Africa”….”the audience argued about Religion and Culture and both’s contribution to the subjection of the women folk. Jerome particularly stated that the Bible and the Quoran has been...
Nigeria: Davos
Grandiose Parlour reports on the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos and asks…”What does it mean to Auntie Ngozi in her dusty, remote, erosion-ravaged village in the hills of Ubakala, or Jelili in Makoko, one of Lagos slums? What does it mean to my brothers and sisters in Dafuar- Sudan,...
Nigeria: Fela and the State
Chippla's Weblog writes on Fela and the State…..”While the state appeared to have no problem with Fela's marriages, it simply refused to accept a republic within the Nigerian republic where people could do as they pleased. Kalakuta was raided at least twice by the Nigerian government. In 1977, it was...
Nigeria: blog on ethnicity
New Nigerian blog EthnicLoft created to ……” to serve as an online “watering-hole” for ethnic people worldwide. It is primarily a blog on issues relating to ethnicity, tradition, and culture. The idea is to connect ethnic groups and serve as a platform to diffuse, discuss, and share the treasures of...
Uganda: crafts by the people
Timbuktu Chronicles points to a Ugandan organisation, Uganda Crafts, “managed by disadvantaged people that helps disadvantaged people. The majority of the artisans are either people who are disabled, widowed or young.”
Nigeria: Africa MTV
CyBlug comments on the change in young MTV African watchers who now aspire to own “Hummers” talk like American hip hop artists and dress similarly.
Nigerian blogs this week
A round-up of some Nigerian blogs, this week.
South Africa: Jesus a myth?
South African blogger Moral Fibre reports on a SABC programme discussing whether Jesus was a myth or not.….”One intelligent member of the audience suggested that Africans should evaluate Christianity in an historical context – that of an oppressive European cultural ideal infecting Africa on a massive scale. She pointed out...
Nigeria: Human Rights
Jeremy of Naijablog has a number of posts on homosexuality in Nigeria and publishes a section from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which would make the proposed law banning homosexuality and campagining on the issue illegal.
Nigeria: Reviewing Daniel Pink
Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories is reading “A Whole New Mind” by Daniel Pink. He shares his thoughts on the book and on “abundance”…..Though he acknowledged that “Offcourse, material wealth hasn’t reached everyone in the developed world, not to metion the vast numbers in the less developed world. But abundance has freed literarilly...
Nigeria: Africa Cup
Soul on Ice has an Africa Cup of Nations match report: Day 4. Nigeria 1, Ghana 0 …..”Man of the match? Wilson Oruma. The midnight marauder was everywhere displaying some crazy skill.”
Nigeria: hostages in the delta
Nigerian Times comments on the hostage taking in the Niger Delta. He believes the oil companies (Shell) and the Nigerian government have to take some responsibility for the situation.
Nigeria: paradise
Teju Cole posts more of his beautiful Nigerian photos. (I believe he deserves an award for these photos – any suggestions welcome.) He also has a poem “Paradise”…..One night a thought catches me, like a hiccup: Cole, you are not, an accident! And I really am not.
Nigeria: blog mentoring
Nigerian blogger, Ore, writes about her excitement of being part of blogging mentoring project involving young Caucacus Women.... “Each week, “mentors” will post on a variety of topics to inspire the young women to write. In this way, they will gain confidence in sharing their views, commenting on others’ posts...
Nigeria: Legislators
Grandiose Parlour asks some serious questions of Nigerian legislators in the light of the decision to close down the Tinapa Tourist Resort project due to violence in the Niger Delta…….”Are elected representatives accessible to their people that voted them in? Do representatives hold regular consultation with their constituents? Do representatives...
Nigeria: ban on gay marriages
In contrast Afro Homo takes a completely different approach. In reponse to the Archibishop Akinola, head of the Nigerian Anglican Church,who believes homosexuality is “Unnatural and Unafrican” he writes……”How would he know? Christianity only became a mainstream religion a few decades ago. Does he find universities, electricity, monogamy and his...
Nigeria: Homophobia
The main conversation in the Nigerian blogosphere this week has been the banning by the Nigerian government of same sex marriages. It will also be illegal for anyone to campaign for gay rights in the country. Trae of Trae Days unleashes a homophobic and misogynist diatribe….Anyways me thinks lesbos probably...
Nigeria: same sex marriage outlawed
Musings of a Naijman comments on the passing of a bill outlawing same sex marriage in Nigeria…”He caps it by reiterating that oft repeated triteness espoused by such eminences as the venerable Mugabe that homosexuality is “unAfrican”
