Anthropologically Speaking · Column
Shades of Black
In the BusinessDay of December 15, 2009 Recently, we got the news in Germany that the most famous German investigative journalist dyed his hair dark and painted himself black in[…]
Author: Olumide Abimbola
Who needs a president ? – A proposal for an NSP
My BusinessDay column of December 22. Nigeria is not known as a country that has contributed a lot to the development of democracy, what with very many years of dictatorship[…]
Culture and Society · Politics
On Pride and the Budget
This is my BusinessDay column of today. Cross-posted here. Sometime ago, in a forum of Nigerians, someone said that he did not know whether to be proud to be a[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
On Pride and the Budget
In the BusinessDay of December 1, 2009 Sometime ago, in a forum of Nigerians, someone said that he did not know whether to be proud to be a Nigerian. The[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
Africa after 1989
In the BusinessDay of November 9, 2009 In Africa, generally, the left-right political divide does not make much sense. I do not remember the last time I heard of a[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
How I became a Nigerian
In the BusinessDay of November 3, 2009 I was not a Nigerian until I lived outside Nigeria. Let me explain.The realization that I am Nigerian hit me right between the[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
Chinese in Africa
In the BusinessDay of October 27, 2009 The most popular way of looking at China in Africa is through the dual lenses of international relations and international trade. One main[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
On Religious Tolerance
In the BusinessDay of October 20, 2009 Sometime a couple of years ago, during the Christmas season, I was at a bank in Ibadan with a friend. A man came[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
Anthropology and Finance
In the BusinessDay of October 13, 2009 The world recently marked a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, an incident that has been described by many as the beginning[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
On the recent German elections
From the BusinessDay of October 6, 2009 To become a member of the German parliament, the Bundestag, one either has to be directly elected to represent a constituency, or one[…]