Stories about Nigeria from November, 2005
DDT: poison
Grandiose Parlour adds his voice to the DDT debate as he questions the safety of using that chemical to eradicate malaria. “The question is: Are we ready to do what it takes to control or even eradicate malaria? Or all we want to do is spray the bloody anopheles mosquitos...
Nigeria author writing prize
Musings of a Naijaman reports that Nigerian author of Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Adichie has been shortlisted for the “John Llewellyn Prize for “fine young writers early in their careers from biographers, novelists and historians to travel writers, dramatists and poets”.
South London: poet
Obifromsouthlondon – Soul on Ice – gets into a mellow mood with some poetry “8 million stories” “I see her in a distance, walking towards me, slow paced, autum leaves twirling around her feet. My black queen, glorious in her grace and splendour. Her love, my citadel of African bliss...
Nigerian blogosphere this week
Gbenga Sesan continues his reports from Tunis “Yesterday we got a taste of Nollywood in Tunis”. Gbenga and his group were prevented from entering a hotel which was a venue for a meeting of the Tunisia-based Association Tunisienne des Femmes Démocrates (ATFD) It was unbelievable and quite interesting! I would...
Nigeria: Pan Africa
Grandiose Parlour sees the “handiwork of the Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in the recent attempt of some African head of states to form a closer political union”. However he feels the “actors are mediocre and the timing is off”.
Nigeria: domestic violence
Nigerian blog, Resident Pharmacist wonders if there is not something ” about our culture that, while making it a morally unacceptable for a married woman to be assaulted, would not be as concerned about a single/unmarried woman”?
Africa: United states of?
Chippla's Weblog, asks if there will soon be a “United States of AFrica”? “Do these names mean anything to you: Thabo Mbeki, Olusegun Obasanjo, John Kufuor, Abdoulaye Wade, Meles Zenawi, Ahmed Ouyahia and Alpha Omar Konare? According to this report, they are seven of the most powerful men in Africa...
Nigeria: Oro
Nigerian blog, Oro posts his first report from Tunis where he and several other Nigerians are attending the WSIS conference this week. “We left for the airport at about 7pm in two cars and 8 bags. The six of us (Edward Popoola, Deolu Ashaye, Tope Soremi, Timi Kenekayoro and Cyrus...
Doctor Blyth in Jos Nigeria
Pediatrician blogger, Mike Blythe of Kid's Doc in Jos blog, celebrates the arrival of much needed children's medicine. “A celebration … the children’s medicines we had been awaiting for months had finally arrived. For the past six weeks we’ve been putting off starting new HIV patients on antiretroviral drugs, because...
Nigeria: Dokubu Asari
Pambazuka News reports on the hunger strike of Nigerian “militant” from the Niger Delta, Dokubu Asari. Asari is protesting against his arrest and continued detention in solitary confinement.
Nigeria – WSIS
Nigerian blogger, Oro reports on Nigerian Youth-led Activities in the Information Society. “WSIS Nigeria Youth Caucus invites you to a session that will showcase the 20-minute documentary tagged, “Nigeria Rocks”, which unfolds the archive of Nigerian youth involvement (and action) through the entire WSIS process. The session will also feature...
Ken Saro Wiwa
Nigerian bloggers remember Ken Saro Wiwa on the 10th anniversary of his excecution by former military dictator, General Sani Abacha. Chippla's Weblog, Nigerian Times, CyBlug (GidiBlog), Molara Wood,
Nigerian Blogs This Week
POST OF THE WEEK from Naija Jams discusses a recent 419 (scam) article that was floating around the blogosphere and online media. The article appears to have centered on a song by popular musician, Nkem Owoh. Jams was confused (as I am and probably you are) until he saw the...
Nigeria: Awayrians
Grandiose Parlour introduces Nigeria International, a documentary featuring the views of “the awayrians” ie foreigners and Nigerians at home and in theDiaspora. The documentary is a weekly magazine-style television programme to be broadcast around Nigeria, and around the world to Nigerians. It aims to provide a realistic and up-to-date view...
Race in Europe
Commenting on the trouble in France, Naijablog, observes that “what is taking place in France is only an extreme version of what you can see up and down the UK at the moment.”
Chinua Achebe: Oral traditions
Black Star Journal posts on a recent comment by Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe who does not believe there is “there would be no cause for concern if oral storytelling died out.” He said “Oral storytelling was important when I was writing – it may not be important when the next...
Africa: Tradition v modernization
Chippla's Weblog discusses an article “Between African Culture and Modernization” which “reminisces a lot about the good old days when most societies in Africa lived by societal norms and mores (or African culture if you prefer) before the advent of the European colonisers which changed all that forever.”
Nigeria: MTV award
Nigerian blogger, Grandiose Parlour celebrates Nigerian musician, Tu Face who recently won MTVs “Best African Artists of the Year” award.
London: Top 5 hiphop
Nigerian blogger in London, Obifromsouthlondon TGIF and asks “Who is your top five, dead or alive” hip-hop/rap (forgive me but whats the difference?) artists that is. Accompanied by an “interesting” series of photos.
The Nigerian blogosphere this week
Gbenga Sesan and Edward of Jangbalajugbu Homeland Stores had a car accident on their way to Obafemi Awolowo Univeristy in Ile-Ife from Lagos. The car went off the road and somersaulted a few times so I think they are lucky to be walking or even alive for that matter –...
Nigeria: Open Source Software in Africa
Black Looks has an overview of the state of Open Source software in Africa, with a focus on localization of software into African languages.
