Clichés and Social Truths
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTVDDrUS4Y&w=500&=307&rel=0] I’d be interested in people’s reading of this short video spotted on Youtube, above, which
Nigeria
’10 things you can learn from a Nigerian’
“One in five Africans is Nigerian and they certainly represent throughout the Diaspora. Much of the
Asa – Be My Man
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNUgJMDsOuY&w=500&h=307&rel=0] If you don’t notice the awkward “acting” at the outset of this music video and
Uncle Wole’s Party
Last month Johannesburg filmmaker Akin Omotoso, who directed a documentary about Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka,
Cricket is big in Nigeria
Cricket is gloriously multilayered, with strategy and tactics available in abundance.
The Nollywood Recipe
Nigerian director and producer, Ade Adepegba, speaking ahead of the new film festival, Nollywood Now–apparently the
African 'World Music'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mHMWO_-mM&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Nigerian superstars P-Square doing “Do Me.” This is not your average world music band.
Who Cares?*
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uvUZbUwOiA&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Shocker. Children don’t always look like their parents. (Unfortunately not everyone got the memo that
(S)hell in the Niger Delta
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/11804108 w=500&h=281] Powerful Amnesty International spot for its campaign around conditions in Nigeria’s Niger Delta where
After the Bulldozers
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/11738776 w=500&h=281] Beautifully shot short film about the fate of 10,000 residents displaced after a thriving
The Nigerian senator and his 13 year old bride
Apart from the Nigerian media and a BBC story this has not had much traction. It
Nigerian ram fighting
No this is not a comment on Nigerian politics. Instead, the BBC website has a great
Yar’Adua est mort
Al Jazeera English is first out of the gate with an analysis of the life of
America? Begging in Nigeria!
A white woman begging in Lagos's popular Mushin Market. Turns out it is a performance piece.
The Tuk-Ham Festival
Via Jeremy Weate at Naijablog: “Photos by Brian Blazek. The Tuk-Ham festival takes place each year
Somalia’s colonizers dressed well
Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times’ Africa Correspondent, frequently seizes opportunities to slander Africans while praising their colonizers.
The Trumpet King
Zeal Onyia was a master Nigerian trumpet player from the 1950s treated as an equal by Louis Armstrong.
Representing Fela
The New York Times' chief theater critic, surprise, misses the point about the musical, "Fela!"
The Case of the Missing President
The case of Nigeria's missing president, Umaru Yar'Adua, can be added to the already long list of problems in Africa's largest democracy.