Nigeria's queer literature offers a new way of looking at blackness: Author Akwaeke Emezi. Theo Wargo/WireImageQueering the Black Atlantic: Transgender Spaces in Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater is a paper by Rocío Cobo-Piñero. It considers Emezi’s award-winning semi-autobiographical novel about Ada, who is an ogbanje, a spirit born in a human body. It uses the novel to suggest ways … [Read more...] about Nigeria’s queer literature offers a new way of looking at blackness | The Conversation
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Why Nigeria’s efforts to support poor people fail, and what can be done about it | The Conversation
Why Nigeria's efforts to support poor people fail, and what can be done about it: People receiving food handouts in Lagos, Nigeria. AAPUrbanisation remains a big challenge for city managers in low- and middle-income countries. This includes Nigeria, where the proportion of the urban population increased from 17.5% in 1969 to 51.2% in 2019. An estimated 18% of the urban … [Read more...] about Why Nigeria’s efforts to support poor people fail, and what can be done about it | The Conversation
Netflix Naija: creative freedom in Nigeria’s emerging digital space? | The Conversation
Netflix Naija: creative freedom in Nigeria’s emerging digital space?: Back row (From L-R): Banky W, Ted Sarandos (Netflix Chief Content Officer), Kate Henshaw, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Felipe Tewes (Netflix Italian & African Originals Director), Omoni Oboli, Ben Amadasun (Netflix Africa Licensing Director) and Akin Omotoso Front Row (L-R) Mo Abudu, Adesua Etomi, Dorothy … [Read more...] about Netflix Naija: creative freedom in Nigeria’s emerging digital space? | The Conversation
Nigeria’s young cricketers surprised at the World Cup — now to build on that | The Conversation
Nigeria's young cricketers surprised at the World Cup -- now to build on that: Ifeanyichukwu Uboh of Nigeria celebrates taking a wicket at the U-19 World Cup Cricket ICC/Getty Images.Nigeria is not known for being a strong cricketing nation, but then the Junior Yellow Greens, Nigeria’s Under-19 cricket team qualified for their first-ever ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The … [Read more...] about Nigeria’s young cricketers surprised at the World Cup — now to build on that | The Conversation
Nigeria’s border closure has implications for Africa’s economic integration | The Conversation
Nigeria’s border closure has implications for Africa’s economic integration: The border closure has affected goods from other West African countries Wikimedia CommonsNigeria recently partially closed its border with Benin in an effort to stem the smuggling of rice. It then went on to close its land borders to the movement of all goods from Benin, Niger and Cameroon, effectively … [Read more...] about Nigeria’s border closure has implications for Africa’s economic integration | The Conversation
