Stories about Nigeria from May, 2007
Kenya: they came, they saw, they were conquared
Only in Kenya writes about Harambee Stars vs. the Green Eagles: “They came, they saw, they were conquered. That is the story of the Super Eagles after their encounter with Harambee Stars Sunday 27th May 2007 at Kasarani. Yes, they hit us 1-0, but as anyone who was in the...
Nigeria: remembering the Biafran War
Chxta and Ababoy remember the Biafran War, which took place 40 years ago this month.
Africa: Blog This Poem!
The African blogosphere is rapidly expanding, bringing more voices online in the form of commentaries, opinions, analyses, rants...and poetry. Blogs have created a new space for African poets to share their creative and imaginative works with a wider audience. Today, I will introduce you to a few poems written by African bloggers.
Nigeria: Naija Bloggers – The Book
A call to Nigerian bloggers to be part of a book called, Naija Bloggers Vol. 1: “This is a call to all Nigerian bloggers worldwide to become a part of An anthology of the greatest works of Nigerian Bloggers-A book called Naija bloggers Vol 1. Nigerian Bloggers around the globe...
Election Parallels: Nigeria, France, Mali
Sanaga Peregrinations compares and draws lessons from the recent Nigerian, French, and Malian elections [Fr].
Nigeria: Is the Nigerian Blogosphere Dying?
Grandiose Parlor asks, “Is the Nigerian Blogosphere Dying?,”: “Obifromsouthlondon, the Nigerian blogger (UK) at Soul on Ice, leads the pack of Bloggers that did a sudden somersault and “closed shop” to the surprise of their readers. It’s almost a year since Obi has “gone fishing” and moved on to a...
Nigeria:Bloggers meetup in Lagos
Calling all bloggers in Nigeria: “All Naija bloggers (bloggers in Nigeria, Nigerian or otherwise) are invited to the first ever meeting of bloggers in Nigeria. This event will allow you to meet other bloggers, talk about your blog (if you wish), read some of your pieces (if you wish), or...
Nigeria: Nigerian democracy for dummies
Nigerian democracy (DemoCrazy) for dummies from Ijebuman's diary: “A friend wanted to know about naija's democracy, so i've decided to do a dummies style tongue-in-cheek explanation of democracy naija style.”
Nigeria: the Egungun festival 2007
Naijablog on the Egungun festival in Nigeria: The Egungun masquerade takes place at Iragbiji (Osun State) at the end of this month. Wikipedia tells me the town was founded by a hunter chasing a wild animal. When he finally caught and killed the animal, he sat down under a shady...
Nigeria: Wikipedia in Ibo, Yoruba, and Hausa
Temi Kolawole on Wikipedia in Hausa, Ibo, and Yoruba: “If you speak/write any of the above languages (I dont), feel free to add content on wikipedia.”
Nigeria: blogger's post appears in Nigeria's newspaper
The Guardian publishes “Open letter to our Commander(s)-in-Chief” from the Nigerian blogger, Laspapi: “The Guardian published my “Open letter to our Commander(s)-in-Chief” last Sunday. This should satisfy the bloggers who feel my tirade should have been given more coverage.”
Nigeria: Blogging the historic election (Part 2)
Recently, Nigerians participated in historic national and state elections. This is the concluding part of “Blogging the historic election,” which highlights the blog posts by Nigerians on Presidential elections. We will see what Nigerian bloggers were saying on the election day and afterwards. We will start with election day post...