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...professor of English from Cornell University is currently in Ibadan, Nigeria, researching the literary and cultural effects of globalization in West Africa...
...small price to pay for the chance to drum. “It’s so worth it,” he says. “The sound and the rhythms that you get out of it are so beautiful.” Ogunnaike lived in Nigeria until the age of four, when he and his family moved to the United States. He was 11 years old when he received his first drum, but his interest in rhythm took shape during mealtimes while he was living in Africa. “I started drumming when I was a really...
...Nowhere is that choice more stark than in Africa. Earlier this month, authorities uncovered a large bird-flu outbreak on several poultry farms in northern Nigeria, the first time H5N1 has been found on the continent; more than 140,000 chickens have so far died from the virus or been culled. Though no human cases have been discovered yet, the news that the outbreak had gone undetected for up to a month raises concerns that the virus may already be spreading under the radar to other parts of the continent. Africa has an estimated poultry population of 1.1 billion birds...
...latest outbreak confirms that no country is immune to H5N1. Every country is at risk. Every country must prepare." DR. LEE JONG-WOOK, World Health Organization director general, in a statement to the media following reports that tens of thousands of poultry had died of avian flu in northern Nigeria, marking the first time the virus has been found in Africa...
...global scramble for energy, Nigeria is blessed. Its resources earn billions of dollars each year, and it bobs atop enough oil and gas reserves to ensure wealth for generations. Yet try telling that to impoverished villagers in the country's Niger Delta region, where Royal Dutch Shell has drilled for nearly 50 years. "Look at this?the crops are stunted, the water is polluted," rails Bari-Ara Kpalap, grabbing a wilted stalk of cassava as he stands ankle-deep in oily water. For Kpalap, a local activist, there is one obvious culprit: "A great part of our problems have been...