Post Tagged with: "stereotypes"

419 Reasons to Like Nigeria and Nigerians

419 Reasons to Like Nigeria and Nigerians

by / on August 30, 2011, 5:38 am

The battle to reclaim our good name must start with 419 Reasons to Like Nigeria and Nigerians, the association of 419 and Nigeria should begin to yield positive results and commentary about Nigeria.

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Nigeria: Responding to Dan Primack’s Atrocious Stereotype

by / on March 18, 2011, 7:01 pm

Taking the hatchet to the hack Very little upsets me but what cannot be countenanced is mediocrity masquerading as professionalism where clichés are allowed to get in the way of expected originality and the package does not contain what it says on the box. In that sense you realise you have been scammed, swindled, defrauded and outwitted by a hoodlum, [...]

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“Minstrelsy” – Fela Versus Broadway – The Charles Isherwood Review

“Minstrelsy” – Fela Versus Broadway – The Charles Isherwood Review

by / on February 20, 2010, 5:52 pm

I was told this blog post deserved a larger (Nigerian) audience – cross-posted here NYT theater critic, Charles Isherwood, fires the first volley in the Fela! backlash, and I must say about time too; like a Barack Obama inevitably losing some luster, i thought the backlash against Fela! was also inevitable; the more rave reviews a musical about a radical Nigerian [...]

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