The Cost of Oil to Nigeria
“Nigeria is the world’s 8th largest producer of crude oil, yet remains one of its poorest
Nigeria
Nigeria Votes
Benedicte Kurzen’s often graphic images of the recent (April 16) presidential elections in Nigeria and its
The Representation of Ghana
Could "Sakawa," a form of internet scamming popular in Ghana, be a means by which to make to sense of contemporary life there?
'Coming to America'
[vodpod id=Video.5972910&w=500&h=411&fv=videoId%3D897337827001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.newyorker.com%252Fvideo%253FvideoID%253D897337827001%26amp%3BplayerID%3D673564960001%26amp%3BplayerKey%3DAQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAAF1454s%7E%2CQH_ygumSKiVg91q-ZwBlqWe1HcfbhDds%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] Writer Teju Cole— he has a new novel, “Open City”–talks and writes about identity
Election Blues
A reader: $1 billion for an election and you’d think ballots would be delivered, on time,
Sahara Reporters
Last December I met the impressive Omoyele Sowore, founder of Nigerian online news site, Sahara Reporters.
'Vote for Umblerra'
Probably to deal with the stresses associated with next month general elections scheduled for next month–there’s
'Nigeria's first fashion magazine'
Part promotion, part video profile of “Mania,” a new Nigerian magazine billed as a first of
Music Break
[vodpod id=Video.5675225&w=500&h=411&fv=] Amoeba is a landmark record store in Berkeley (on Telegraph). Now they have branches
I'm Gonna Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAFe_TnVsc No more “Down on My Knees.” Nigerian-German singer Ayo‘s new–well at least one month old–single
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM4tQ_w__RM] The new video for Nigerian Afrobeat funkster Bantu‘s tune “I’m Waiting.” It’s part of the
Snoop Dogg's Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwrpX3wMD2o The music video for a new song by Nigerian rapper/R&B singer D’Banj featuring Snoop Dogg
People who have lost the habit of ruling themselves
Africans are like the man in the Igbo proverb who does not know where the rain began to beat him and so cannot say where he dried his body.
T.I.A. (Nollywood Edition)
Nollywood film posters in a store window on Nostrand Ave. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
African Immigrant Life in New York City
Students in my Media and Africa seminar at The New School create short video profiles of African immigrant experiences in New York City. Here I highlight a few of the striking ones.
Gaddafi’s voluptuous Ukranian nurse
On the usefulness of WikiLeaks and the self-destructive personality of its founder, Julian Assange.
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4riYn1SozWo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The young Lagos, Nigeria-band Che and the Continuous Highlife Evolution’s striking “Civil War.” As the
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNFRVmtz1GA&w=500&h=307&rel=0] South African artist Lesego Rampolokeng, who grew up in Soweto, performing his “Fela Sermon” live
New cartoon reps urban West Africa
By Allison Swank One of the first of its kind out of West Africa, the new
The Waka Waka Award*
This may yet become a weekly award on AIAC. The inaugural Waka Waka Award–name in honor