The Cocoa Alternative
“In the next 10 years, Nigeria will be the largest producer of cocoa in the world”. This was the prediction of African agriculture experts from Conservation Alliance in April 2012.[…]
Tagged: Africa
Review: Oil, Politics and Violence
Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria’s Military Coup Culture (1966 – 1976). Max Siollun. Algora Publishing; 268 pages; £22.51. Buy from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com The story of Nigeria begins rather blandly with[…]
When Goodluck is Sober… – Salisu Suleiman
In the run-up to last year’s presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan made a campaign trip to the South-west to seek support and votes. In classic Jonathanian fashion, the moment he[…]
Analysis · Culture and Society · opinion · World Affairs
Celebrating the Resilience of African Women
“I should have known that ambition and success were not to be expected in an African woman. An African woman should be a good African woman whose qualities should be[…]
Nigeria and its Fuel Subsidy Crisis
Want to help Africa? Do business here was the TED rallying cry by former World Bank MD now Nigeria Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. But, who is going to do business[…]
Culture and Society · Naija Dude
Molue Meditations – The Law Of Expectation
Those that follow me have probably figured out by now that I spend a lot time in Lagos traffic, constantly hopping from one bus to another. While I would certainly prefer[…]
Economy · General · Nigeria@50
Education as an instrument for change in Africa?
I recently attended an event at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) on Change and Governance in Africa. One thing is clear: Africa is changing. The landscape of[…]
Culture and Society · Essays · General
Why there will be crap on Nigerian television for a long time to come (Part 2)
See the first part here In my previous article of the same title, I attempted a backgrounding of the many issues that have made it impossible for quality programming to[…]
Culture and Society · Nigeria@50
Earthing Abiku’s Limbs: The Trouble with Nigerian Literature
by Benson Eluma I have cast around for how best to characterize Nigerian literature 50 years after Independence, and I have decided to settle for the Abiku motif. Abiku or[…]
Culture and Society · Politics · Technology
Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan on Facebook
The news that President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria had created a Facebook page eventually got to me through Google Buzz where comments had been made to the effect that the[…]