The dream for an urban oasis in the concrete jungle that is Lagos
Urban spaces can be exciting. There are several activities happening, They can be a melting pot for a diverse range of people from all walks of life and backgrounds to[…]
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Calabar Carnival – A Displeasing Trend
by Enigbe Solabomi On December 27th, I was scrolling through my blackberry contacts when the display picture of one of my contacts caught my eye. It was the picture of a[…]
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Of Commentaries, Reactions and Over-Reactions
In the BusinessDay of January 12, 2010 December 25, 2009: A Nigerian-born male, with secondary education in Togo and university education in London, said to have been radicalized during his[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
The need for an ethnography of the Nigerian financial sector
In the BusinessDay of January 5, 2010 Anthropologist Karen Ho carried out a seventeen-month-long fieldwork on Wall Street, interviewing and observing investment bankers. She first started out working as a[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
Rejecting the Normal
In the BusinessDay of December 29, 2009 There is a thing about being so close to something that one does not see it anymore. Anthropologists normally refer to it as[…]
Anthropologically Speaking · Column
Who needs a president ? – A Proposal for an NSP
In the BusinessDay of December 22, 2009 Nigeria is not known as a country that has contributed a lot to the development of democracy, what with very many years of[…]
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[…]
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[…]