The Niger Delta, oil, and Trump’s America
Lessons for Americans in the age of Black Lives Matter, from the Niger Delta’s long struggle for environmental justice.
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Omolade Adunbi
Omolade Adunbi, an anthropologist from Nigeria, is on the faculty of the University of Michigan.
How the left can rescue Nigeria
The last 20 years of liberal democracy in Nigeria have been marred by crises. The next election should be the Left’s target.
The lady is not for turning
Nigeria’s former finance minister wrote a book about her time in government. It is a thinly veiled attempt to clean up her image.
How did Fulani herdsmen become such bogeymen in Nigeria?
What is missing in this conversation is the question as to why and how a pastoralist community suddenly becomes a roving insurgency across the country.
Biafra as focal point for fresh perspectives of Nigeria
Igbo nationalist groups have the right to self-determine whether they want to be part of Nigeria or form their own independent republic.
Unusable Nigerians
Oloibiri is a town located a few kilometers away from the city of Port Harcourt in
Is there a Left in Nigeria?
Most contemporary observers of Nigerian politics would be surprised to learn that the Left has been a significant part of the country’s postcolonial history.
Nigeria outsources policing of corruption
Two weeks ago, on October 6th, Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, was arrested in London