Remember Hernando De Soto’s assertion in The Mystery of Capital that success in capitalism is tied to the structure of property and property rights? Seems like someone in the Nigerian government has been reading the book. In ThisDay of today: The Federal Government yesterday said the ongoing land reforms process is intended to launch the large… Read More »
1. What would happen if marijuana were decriminalized? 2. Anthropology, Islam and homosexuality 3. In Nigeria, thousands flee violence, hundreds suspected dead 4. Child sexual abuse requires greater parental indignation 5. Do you want to read Nigerian blogosphere fiction? Check out Waffarian’s piece for NigeriansTalk 6. Seun Kuti comes of age
Not long after I got to Germany – close to three years ago – someone called me and, among other things, we talked a bit about what I was doing in Germany. This is a rough presentation of an interesting part of the conversation. The Other Person aka TOP: So, what exactly are you studying?… Read More »
The bottom billion blog says Africa is open for business. Didn’t know it was ever closed, but…. Paul Krugman: China is in a dollar trap. The IMF is still busy cleaning up its image. Dominique Strauss-Kahn writes about a lending overhaul. On Obama’s Special Olympics gaffe . And, Nigeria records first all-female crew flight.
Last week we commissioned Akin to do a review of the coverage of the Nigerian re-branding excercise by bloggers and he delivered a really beautiful post. Please go over to NigeriansTalk.org to have a look at it. Probably the only group of people who have covered the re-branding excercise very well are bloggers. There are… Read More »
Have you seen this editorial from The Nigerian Guardian? See an excerpt: Africans have a right to say ‘no’ to a movement whose ultimate outcome will be the destruction of the family. Homosexuals are claiming that men can marry themselves. If everyone followed their example, would they have even been born? Looking at the debate,… Read More »
$140 per barrel is the appropriate price of crude oil – Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian Petroleum Resources Minister. Hat-tip to Nigeria, What’s New?. Mr Obasanjo on Hardtalk. The disconnect of the Pope. Are we really in the age of mass intelligence? Individuals give NGOs more funds than donors. The Berlin wall came down 20 years ago… Read More »
Nneoma of Pyoowata and I have started a blog review – NigeriansTalk. It is going to be a weekly review of blog posts on Nigeria/ blogs from Nigerians. From the introductory post: NigeriansTalk is a weekly review of posts written by bloggers of Nigerian extraction, bloggers living in Nigeria and bloggers who blog about Nigeria.… Read More »
I just read in the current edition of Intelligent Life: Adichie’s follow-up to “Half of a Yellow Sun” is a collection of stories about Nigeria’s professional classes ans their struggle to cope with corruption, which infects every aspect of their lives from school exams to hospital treatment. The luckier ones can escape to a new… Read More »
I really, really love Ayemidun’s take on the arrested goat issue. Dambisa Moyo says aid is a large part of the development problem. (Hat-tip to Jeremy). Dealing with economic informality the Nigerian way. They just love us don’t they? Now there are suggestions that we might be able to vote as from 2011. Speak Igbo,… Read More »