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...distinct from Kenyan or Algerian culture, for instance? Perhaps it's easier to focus on the lowest common denominator of the African experience than on the unique cultural signifiers that every African country possesses as much as does the land of Proust, Monet, Piaf and Truffaut. Tolu Ogunlesi, ABEOKUTA, NIGERIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Artistes | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...missionary work have at least some grounding before they depart. Notes Moreau, YWAM is "lean, it's nimble, creative, and there's very little hierarchical control." It has dealt with tragedy before. In December 2005, eight YWAM associates were killed and several others injured in a van accident in Nigeria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christians Under Fire in Colorado | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

India dropped in a ranking of countries with the greatest number HIV victims, from first place to third. South Africa and Nigeria claim the most victims...

Author: By and Yiming He, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: U.N. Revises HIV Prevalence Estimates | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

...NIGERIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...course would require a change of government, but Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos has not held an election since 1992. The observer describes the state as a ship heading for the reef of authoritarianism, corruption and popular discontent--a pattern seen in other oil-rich nations like Nigeria. Africa's oil wealth is all the more important now that China is investing huge sums of money. In Mauritius, the Chinese government is building a $500 million business park. Angola, China's leading supplier of oil, has received at least $5 billion in loans and credit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Highs and Lows of African Oil | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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