Jos, Nigeria!
Cross-posted at KTravula.com When I served the country Nigeria in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service in a little village close to the city of Jos in 2005, the state[…]
Tagged: Africa
“Minstrelsy” – Fela Versus Broadway – The Charles Isherwood Review
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[…]
Culture and Society · Politics
Homophobia – past successes and future struggles
I’m writing this post in response to number of articles on the prevalence of homophobia in Africa and to try and give some perspective and historical context. In[…]
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[…]
Yet another Nigerian review of ‘District 9’
Among other things, I can understand why so many Nigerians should think that ‘District 9′ shows how deeply some South Africans detest us. The lumpen elements in the film are[…]
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[…]
Culture and Society · Politics
Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill and Why We Should All Worry
This is a problem, and not just a Ugandan problem.
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
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[…]