Word: nigerianization
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Prominent Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his first seminal work, “Things Fall Apart” yesterday evening with readings from his poetry and a discussion of his life’s work—both literary and political—in front of a packed audience at the Tsai Auditorium...
...Nigerian entrepreneur Toks Abimbola addressed the obstacles facing African economic development and investment at an intimate gathering in Winthrop House’s Tonkens Room yesterday. Abimbola serves as the managing partner of Shoreline Energy International, a leading African holding company currently valued at over $120 million. The group aims to build infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa through the acquisition of construction, oil, gas, and power companies. With years of experience in international business, Abimbola attested to a recent change in the prospects for African development. While the continent had previously been plagued by political strife and corruption, he said...
...affidavit to a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit that is trying to stop this election - a lawsuit that, McRae says, the mainstream media is ignoring but certain blogs just can't resist. But as even one commenter on the "Citizen Wells" blog notes, the whole thing "does have a Nigerian email scam feel to it." McRae may have succeeded in getting the Shanksville 9/11 memorial design modified, if not eliminated but this effort, whoever may be behind the supposed lawsuit, is certainly a non-starter. - By Marty Levine / Pittsburgh
...bases and never opening fire unless directly fired upon. In other words, says de Waal, it has been ineffectual, "a liability. Ten thousand soldiers just sitting in their bases." Even that hasn't saved them, however. Last October in the camp of Haskanita, 10 African Union peacekeepers - seven Nigerian, two Batswana and a Senegalese - were killed by a group of Darfur rebels, again part of the community whom the peacekeepers had been sent to protect. A war-crimes indictment against the rebels who perpetrated and led that attack is expected...
...shifted gears accordingly, setting aside a minimum of 5% of places to foreign-born students. The town's Irish language school, Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg, surpassed the figure this year, with 10% of its admissions made up of children of immigrant parents - Nigerian, Polish, Dutch, Ghanaian and Spanish among them. Initially, says principal Dónal O hAiniféin, the school was not an obvious choice for immigrants, but as their communities put down roots, "They tell me, 'My child is Irish, I'd like him or her to be fluent...