Tag: Nigeria

Jul 19 2019

Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo

By Doug Merrill in Africa, Doug, Fiction
July 19, 2019

Welcome to Lagos begins well outside of the Nigerian metropolis, at a hot and dirty army outpost somewhere in the Niger delta: oil country, but also rebel country. Serving under a corrupt colonel and terrorizing local people is not what Chike Ameobi signed up for the army to do. After twelve months as an officer …

Africa, Chibundu Onuzo, Doug, Fiction, Nigeria
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Aug 17 2008

A History of Nigeria by Toyin Falola

By Al Singh in Al, History
August 17, 2008

A good source of information, if not an exciting narrative, on the largest country in Africa. The story is typically African: colonial exploitation is followed by a brief and heady period of independence, which is followed by a long period of political corruption, ethnic violence, and economic decline. I personally remain as mystified by Africa’s …