Perpectives

Reading Nigeria

Reading Nigeria

by / on February 22, 2012, 3:20 pm

Perspectives is a monthly column featuring guest posts from non-Nigerians who follow political and cultural happenings in Nigeria. The columnist this month is Amy McKie. Often times in our lives various events converge to cause us to question our knowledge and the knowledge readily available to us. After a bad relationship I wanted to ensure that I didn’t harbour any resentment or [...]

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10 Things to Do Once I Have Moved to Lagos

10 Things to Do Once I Have Moved to Lagos

by / on December 3, 2011, 12:21 pm

Perspectives is a monthly column featuring guest posts from non-Nigerians who follow political and cultural happenings in Nigeria. The columnist this month is Femke van Zeijl. 1. Surround myself with true friends who will tell me that I am full of shit if I am. Those who won’t pretend everything I do or say is wonderful, just because I’m white. [...]

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China Meets Africa: Designing 21st Century Business Models in Nigeria and Beyond

China Meets Africa: Designing 21st Century Business Models in Nigeria and Beyond

by / on October 24, 2011, 2:17 pm

Perspectives is a monthly column featuring guest posts from non-Nigerians who follow political and cultural happenings in Nigeria. This month, Jim de Wilde puts forth a model for how Nigeria can make the most out of its relationship with China. Imagine a Nigeria in 2016 where a Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund has created a Global Tropical Agriculture Fund in partnership with a [...]

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Drive-By Electioneering: 48 Hours in the Company of a Political “Godfather” at Work

Drive-By Electioneering: 48 Hours in the Company of a Political “Godfather” at Work

by / on September 5, 2011, 7:19 pm

by Krystal Strong
An account of an election of the National Association of Nigerian Students

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The Dangers of a Single Nigerian Narrative

The Dangers of a Single Nigerian Narrative

by / on July 23, 2011, 6:48 am

NigeriansTalk started a new feature in June where we feature monthly guest posts from non-Nigerians who follow Nigerian politics and cultural happenings. We hope this will liven up the site by giving you an outside-the-country point-of-view on Nigeria, and hopefully make you see respective issues in a different light. This month, Cara Harshman, aka Titilayo Oyinbo, weighs in on why [...]

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Nigeria’s Gubernatorial Elections and the Northern Voter

Nigeria’s Gubernatorial Elections and the Northern Voter

by / on June 3, 2011, 12:46 am

Starting in June, NigeriansTalk will feature monthly guest posts from non-Nigerians who follow Nigerian politics and cultural happenings. We hope this will liven up the site by giving you an outside the country point-of-view on Nigeria, and hopefully make you see respective issues in a different light. This month, Alex Thurston provides his analysis on the voting patterns of northern [...]

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