Shocking photographs of showing the extent of oil pollution in Niger Delta rivers, creeks and ponds. Via National Post for more photos. For more on the Niger Delta environment see Nnimmo’s Reflections
THE LIONESS OF LISABI – Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
THE LIONESS OF LISABI - Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti – “Nigerian feminist and activist who fought for suffrage and equal rights for her countrywomen” Reblogged [unedited] from July 2004, one of my first blog posts. The photos are from a 2010 post by Cosmic Yoruba Yesterday, I came across this album that contains pictures from the private collection of the [...]
Counting the ways Achebe made us possible
March 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
From Gukira – a tribute to Chinua Achebe. Without sentiment, Keguro helps us understand why Achebe ‘made us possible and why his words will continue to ‘“dare” to “disturb the universe.” Perhaps the difficulty of Chinua Achebe’s simplicity lies in its temporal fractures: Things Fall Apart asks when “things” were ever not apart. Similarly, No Longer At [...]
Redux: Odi & Filling Nigeria’s Memory Hole
February 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
After 14 years, Nigerian courts have ordered the government to pay compensation to Odi Town in the sum of nearly $240 million within 21 days. He described the attack on Odi as
“brazen violation of the fundamental human rights of the victims to movement, life and to own property and live peacefully in their ancestral home.”
Key Challenges of the Nigerian Book Sector
January 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Part of my work this week has revolved around reading and researching the problems of the Nigerian book/publishing industry. Today I completed a list of questions/posers (included in a brief for an event my firm is working on) which I believe are central to the challenge. By ‘central’ I do not mean exhaustive, and I [...]
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