Chimanada Ngozi Adiche responds to some of the criticism of Chinua Achebe’s memoir “There Was a Country”. I finished reading ‘There Was a Country’ a few days ago and was contemplating my own response to some of the critical reviews of the book. Fortunately for me Adichie has said nearly everything I wa
Not a pretty picture: A short documentary on Nigeria
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Trust no body – will the real Nigeria stand up.
July 17, 2009 By 5 Comments
Tweet Will the real Nigeria stand up. Ed Kashi who produced the photo journal “Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta” in 2008 recently returned to the Niger Delta for 7 weeks. Kashi’s photos vividly captures the way oil invades peoples lives on all levels. From the oil [...]
Villages bombed and destroyed in Delta State
May 21, 2009 By 6 Comments
Tweet Statement issued by Ijaw leaders on the unprovoked attack on Ijaw communities in Warri South West, Delta State. At the aftermath of the unprovoked attack on Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State the Ijaw nation wishes to state with emphatic unequivocation the following: a) That [...]
Controlling the oil rivers from King Jaja to Ken Saro-Wiwa
April 26, 2009 By 5 Comments
Tweet In “The Jaja Saga: The West Indian End (1888-1891)” Professor Gabriel Olusanya makes the connection between the exile of King Jaja of Opobo by the British colonial government because the King wanted to have control of his resources and with the present struggle in the Niger Delta again over control of resources. In King [...]
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