Naijablog
A blog by jeremyweate
Blog description:
Loving living and laughing in Nigeria
Blog Rank:
Naijablog ranks 844 in Africa and 48 in Nigeria. According to site visitors it ranks 60, and 73 according to page views:
According to blogroll links it ranks 2429 and 2411 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
When owambe styling goes ragga...
I think these ladies are related to Mr. SG, or have some knowledge of him...
CODER Nigeria
I love this: yoking the surging desire for genuine democracy (via electoral reform) in Nigeria with web 2.0. The genie is out of the bottle..
On hausa literature
Carmen 'talatu' McCain gave an excellent talk on hausa fiction last night at an ANA Abuja event. Although she grew up in Jos, she wasn't aware until a few years ago of the vast body of popular fiction written in hausa. She is now on the way to
Talk with Funmi..
Starts this Sunday on Africa Magic at 7pm. Here.
Maga No Need Pay
When faster/cheaper internet comes to Nigeria (its been a long wait) there is risk that the yahoo boys may upgrade into something a little more Muscovite - the DOS business model etc. In which case, Microsoft has chipped in by funding Banky W, Bez, Cobhams, MI, Modele, Omawumu,
Carmen McCain seminar on Hausa literature tomorrow
Carmen McCain is an expert on Northern literature. In the seminar, she will be contesting Richard Ali's view of Northern writing by focusing on fiction written in Hausa. Facebook event page here.Friday, 5th FebruaryGreenlines Restaurant. No 11, Aba close, off Ogbmosho Stree, Garki, Area 8.5pm start.
Mutallab: Father and Son
Good piece in the WSJ today on the family's recent involvement in the Detroit bomber case, with some background on the pantybomber's childhood. Apparently, Farouk used to preach to his father all the time for not being more generous..
The Mountain of Death Green Trek challenge
Win 10 million naira, a 4x4 jeep and a holiday in Angola if you are the first to climb the Mountain of Death this May. More info here.
This is my Africa..
Zina Saro-Wiwa's lovely jubbly homage to the red-earth continent is on HBO (US only) tomorrow at 8pm. More details here.
