Music is a Weapon
by Adeola Eribake I met Nigerian/German musician Nneka last June in Essaouira, Morocco. A day after her performance at the annual Gnaoua and World Music festival. We chatted about her[…]
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The lost memo on banning foreign medical trips for Nigerian public officers
In April, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu made a bold announcement that he is considering sending a memo to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting to ban public[…]
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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
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[…]