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[…]
Tagged: Africa
David Morley (1923-2009) and WGH Ilesha
There are many reasons for me to blog about David Morley (1923-2009), who perhaps more than any other western scientist has done more towards the development of paediatrics and child[…]
Afropolitan Magazines
There has been a proliferation of African lifestyle magazines in recent years. True Love and Arise readily come to mind. It is nice to see that they are getting noticed[…]
Obama’s face of Africa that is too often overlooked.
The message, In 1985, around 85,000 people visited the tropical country; that number has now skyrocketed to around 600,000. In June of this year, the Ghana Tourist Board launched a promotional initiative with the aim of attracting 1 million annual visitors by the end of 2012.
EKITI ELECTIONS: A REVIEW
It appears the entire world paid close attention to the recent Ekiti elections. News outlets from the BBC, to the Financial Times and Reuters, to papers across the world reported[…]
Naija Food Blogging
A review of Nigerian blogs on food by Pam of Pdbraide. People generally feel the Nigerian “blogosphere” should mirror reality. After all people blogging about their experiences should simply create[…]
The Nigerian Economy According to Bloggers
This is a review of a few, selected, blog posts that discussed the Nigerian economy in the week that ended on March 14, 2009. Manasseh Egedegbe of the Stock Market[…]