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28 February 2012

Africa: Vote for the Most Influential African Thinker Alive

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Ideas, Education

Africa is a Country blog wants readers to vote for one influential African thinker from a list of 12 candidates. The list includes Chinua Achebe (Nigeria), Mahmood Mamdani (Uganda), Mamdouh Habashi, (Egypt), Kwame Anthony Appiah (Ghana/United States), J M Coetzee (South Africa/Australia) and Issa Shivji (Tanzania). Voting is open until 5 March, 2012.

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22 February 2012

Sahel: Islamic Fundamentalist Organisations Tighten Their Grip

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Theodora Rowlands · Governance, War & Conflict

For a few months now, two religious Islamic fundamentalist organisations, Boko Haram and AQIM (Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb), have intensified their war against the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the surrounding nations. The regional blogosphere has quickly reacted, showing concern and providing thorough analyses.

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13 January 2012

Occupy Nigeria: From Cyberspace to Face-to-Face

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike · Governance, Labor

Occupy Nigeria is a national protest in Nigeria which started as a response to the fuel subsidy removal by the federal governmnet. The protest has been fueled by the democratization of information as personified by young Nigerians through their use of social media.

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11 January 2012

Nigeria 2011: A Year of Small Victories and Great Challenges

Written by Eremipagamo Amabebe · Arts & Culture, Elections

2011 will go down in Nigeria's history as the year of the nation's third presidential election since independence. For the first half of the year, the blogosphere was abuzz with discussion of the election: protests, campaigns, debates, the role of technology, preparations for the polls, election day itself.

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2 October 2011

Nigeria: Celebrating 419 Reasons to Like Nigeria

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike · Citizen Media, Media & Journalism

The 419Positive Project invites Nigerians and friends of Nigeria to "Say Something Positive" in an ambitious search for four hundred and nineteen positive attributes of Nigerians and Nigeria. Nwachukwu Egbunike reports.

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24 September 2011

Update on Global Voices Mentorship: Meet the Activists

Written by Leila Nachawati Rego · Announcements

For over a month, ten Global Voices bloggers have been working with activists from ten different countries as mentors of members of the new Blogger Swarm initiative of Activista, the youth network of international development organization ActionAid.

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21 September 2011

Mozambique: Sant'Egidio Community Fights Back Against HIV/AIDS

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lova Rakotomalala · 7 Billion Actions

Lack of access to care for HIV positive people has been well documented on the African continent. Many initiatives strive to show that things could improve with collective effort, and among them is the Drug Resource Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition (DREAM) program.

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1 September 2011

Global Voices Podcast 3: Ripple Effects of the Arab Uprisings

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Global Voices Podcast

In this edition of the Global Voices Podcast you can hear about the ripple effect of the Arab uprisings, find out what it is to be a digital mentor, and talk through some of the ideas that make up a good code of ethics.

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31 August 2011

Nigeria: The Brain Behind the Nigerian Blog Awards

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike · Technology, Media & Journalism

Behold the face behind the masquerade. Good Nigerian Girl is the brain powering the Nigeria Blogs Awards since 2010. The Nigerian Blog Awards is an annual event that rewards creative Nigerian bloggers.

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13 August 2011

Nigeria: Adrift, Awaiting the Arrival of a Woman?

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike · Development, Governance

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Nigeria’s new Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy. Until recently, she was the Managing Director of the World Bank. As soon as her appointment was announced, netizens have not stopped talking about the most powerful woman in President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet.

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Updates about Nigeria

4 January 2012

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Erik believes that 2011 was a great year for startups in Africa: “The past few years have been about building an infrastructure that improves the chances of the technology startups in Africa to succeed. Seeing this buildout in action in 2011 was exciting, but it should be recognized for what it really was: a setup for 2012 and beyond.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

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Bunmi Oloruntoba and Emmanuel Iduma come up with 3bute: “3bute [pronounced: tribute] is an online anthology devoted to the question of African modernity. Along that theme, we look on the web for what writers–especially African bloggers–have written and we recycle/ adapt selected writing into 3 pages of narrative art.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

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The June 12 Coalition of Democratic Formations in Nigeria reacts to the increase in the price of fuel: “We are hereby calling on all Nigerians to rise up together to challenge this illegal and inhuman policy of petrol price hike by the Goodluck administration by joining forces with the organized labour, civil society groups and other pro masses organizations…”

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30 December 2011

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This is Boima Tucker's 2011 10 club friendly Afropop tracks: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen one song dominate a nation’s psyche like Junior Freeman and African Soldier’s “Dumyarea” did in Liberia this summer. Maybe it was because it was an election season, and all the politicians co-opted the song for their own campaigns…”

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29 December 2011

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Read Mbwana Ally's 12 predictions for Africa's tech scene in 2012: “New models of mobile money will be explored that are less dependent on mobile operators, such asPagatech in Nigeria, but their growth will be slow given the lack of a strong agent network to begin with.”

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12 December 2011

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Crazy Nigerian interviews Santa Claus: “Me: There’s so much I’ve been dying to ask you…like why don’t you ever come to Nigeria? Santa: Oh, all the houses there don’t have any chimneys. Me: But you can’t expect chimneys in a country that’s hot virtually all year round! Santa: Sorry my boy, I can’t change a century-old tradition.”

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6 December 2011

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Vanessa shares James Petrozzello‘s portraits paying tribute to Fela Kuti's queens: “The first time I saw his ‘queens’ I was struck by their radical style. I wanted to make these photos to pay homage to their beauty and to bring attention to the women who contributed so much to Fela’s life.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

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Sokari reacts to the passing of the Nigerian “Same Sex Marriage Bill 2011: “The rationale behind the Same Sex Marriage Bill and its proposed counterpart in Uganda, is a huge deceit being spread by secular and religious leaders that decriminalising LGBTI persons would be an imposition from western imperialists and moral decadents.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

24 November 2011

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Sokari blogs about the Nigerian artist Toyin Odutola: “The Nigerian-born, American-raised artist employs a painstakingly thorough creative process that uses rudimentary tools – ballpoint pens, ink and paper – to investigate perceptions of ‘blackness’, gender and place.”

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22 November 2011

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Damilare Aiki shares photos from Mode Demarrage fashion show in Abuja, Nigeria: “The show truly lived up to its meaning ‘Fashion’s Start’ as it marks the beginning of a new age of fashion in Abuja.”

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Comments on "Nigeria"

Africa: Calls for Transparency Over Marked Increase in Land Deals

It is a pity! Meanwhile the world is looking on
Sadness situation in Africa

Just can't wait for the 2012 Awards! And I must add, great job you're doing.

pls. naija people, NGOZI did not fail election, but she was not nominated, our home problem can not be solve...
The participation of Dr. Iweala has helped to change the leadership selection process of the world bank. We're proud...