Stories about Nigeria from October, 2005
Racism in Netherlands
Chippla of Chippla's Blog has just moved to the Netherlands. Here he reports on the myth of Dutch tolerance towards immigrants especially Muslims from Turkey and Morocco.
Uganda, Nigeria: Birthday reflections
Black Looks takes the opportunity of Uganda's 43rd anniversary (and Nigeria's 45th) to reflect on how little progress has been made in the area of human rights.
Nigeria: Poem for R.S. Thomas
Molara Wood posts a poem written for Welsh poet R.S. Thomas by Nigerian poet Tade Ipadeola.
Naija Blogosphere
Chippla's Weblog – Liberia Votes “The Liberian election may not be headline news in the mainstream media but it is very significant not just for West Africa but the world at large. Who could have imagined this happening just two years ago when the warlord and tyrant, Charles Taylor was...
Nigeria: Aid racket
Blogs Black Looks: “Finally an “insider” blows the whistle on how the U.S. corporatocracy scammed the developing world out of trillions of $.” Read on.
What's going on in the African blogosphere
Some snippets from the African blogosphere. - Gatwiri takes issue with the July/August edition of Foreign Policy magazine which classifies Kenya as a failed state. He points out that, “The source of the research material is also incredulous. They say they used software to analyse data from tens of thousands...
Nigeria: 45 years old
Trae Days posts a long commentary on Nigeria's online image as it celebrates its 45th anniversary, decrying poor infrastructure and official corruption, but railing against his compatriots who denigrate their country overseas.
