About Eremipagamo Amabebe
Eremipagamo Amabebe is a writer, researcher, and editor currently based in Germany and the United States. She is particularly interested in topics where politics, culture, and media intersect – in the past she has received grants to research Nigeria's “Nollywood” film industry and Germany's contemporary political cinema. She received her bachelor's degree from Columbia University, after which she spent a year as visiting scholar at Humboldt University in Berlin and completed her master's in International Relations and European Studies.
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January 26th, 2010
Nigeria: Bloggers discuss the massacre in Jos
On January 17th, news began circulating that violence had erupted in the central Nigerian city of Jos. In the following hours, reports of the conflict spread as witnesses reported mobs armed with knives and machetes roving among burning houses, mosques, and churches. In the past decade, more than 13,500 deaths have been attributed to sectarian violence in Nigeria.
January 15th, 2010
Nigeria: Nigerian bloggers take on would-be bomber Umar Abdulmutallab
On December 25th, 2009 the world was taken by surprise when news broke that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian citizen, had nearly succeeded in detonating explosives on a Northwest Airlines flight between Amsterdam and Detroit. When news of the attempted attack first broke, many Nigerians were caught by surprise, some even doubting whether Abdulmutallab was truly a Nigerian.
December 23rd, 2009
After COP15 Copenhagen: Reactions from the African blogosphere
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen received broad media coverage. Yet, despite this flurry of international media attention, the African blogosphere has been relatively calm. It is nations in Africa and the developing world who stand to lose most heavily if global warming continues unchecked.
November 2nd, 2009
Nigeria: Bloggers debate Nigeria's negative image
It's well known that Nigeria has an image problem – 419 Internet scams, corruption, oil piracy in the Delta region – for many people, these are the associations that come to mind when Africa's most populous country is mentioned.
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