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Fish Soup As Love Potions 22 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
Yemisi Ogbe writing in Chimurenga Chronic: The River Oyono is like a smoky-grey cloak animated by a strong wind. It is, in fact, only a small conceited river that embraces the Atlantic Ocean for a pa...
The Improvisers 18 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
The relevance of the System D economy becomes more apparent. Abigail Higgins writing in Next City: Image courtesy of Next City Mutua, 26, is the founder and CEO of his own small informal entertainme...
Nwantantay Masquerades 17 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm
From the world of masquerades In Africa Art As Theatre: On a market day in the Bwa village of Boni, in central Burkina Faso, West Africa a group of masks perform, including the great plank masks call...
Advanced Heart Procedures in Ibadan, Nigeria 16 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
Tosin Majekodunmi writing in Nigeria Health Watch: We always have a quote by Margaret Mead at the bottom of each blog that says "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can c...
"A Deficit of Imagination is our Greatest Problem" 15 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Bibi Bakare on the centrality of culture and more to development:
Everyday is for the Thief 14 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
In Chimurenga Chronic: An excerpt from Teju Cole‘s novella exploring the spectrum of crimes, wrongdoings, misdemeanours, International Thief Thieves, and daily operations amidst Lagosian landscapes. ...
Budgit Nigeria 13 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Just launched: BudgIT is a creative start-up driven to retell the Nigerian budget and public data in a finer detail across every literacy span. We aim to stimulate citizens interests around public da...
The 'African Twist' Recordings 13 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
From the musical history files. Serubiri Moses writing in Okay Africa: By the early 1960s, gramophones were relatively available: you could buy one in an Indian dukka in Kampala, Ugandan for example....
The Arab Spring was Delayed Decolonisation 12 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Pankaj Mishra in the Guardian: "he argues that decolonisation is an ongoing process that the Arab spring can be seen as part of..." "You cannot have true decolonisation without true sovereignty"
Factories of Knowledge, Industries of Creativity 12 Aug 2013 | 03:53 am
From MIT Press: What was once the factory is now the university. As deindustrialization spreads and the working class is decentralized, new means of social resistance and political activism need to b...
