Growing up in Nigeria, America invaded our world largely through fragments of culture: books and music. Indian (Amitab Bachan!) and Chinese films (Bruce Lee!) relegated American films to a distant background. In High School, James Hadley Chase was our most mesmerizing path to America. The irony of meeting America in the enthralling world of a …
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BBC's Martin Patience is leaving Nigeria after 2 years. listen to a recap of his lessons learned in a version of the 'From Our Own Correspondent' Below is a transcribed excerpt of his version. ''Nigeria is truly the maddest place I have ever had the pleasure of living in. It’s a country that constantly feels …
Chiwetel Ejiofor Born: Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor DOB: 10 July 1977 (age 40) Net worth: $12m Ejiofor was born in London’s Forest Gate. His father, Arinze, was a doctor, and his mother, Obiajulu, was a pharmacist. After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995, and gaining a scholarship to the London Academy of Music and …
Mike Okiro The Chairman, Police Service Commission, Dr. Mike Okiro, has said that the law permitted the Nigeria Police Force to collect money from corporate organisations and private individuals for private engagements. Okiro stated that one-third of such monies should be given to the police officers involved in the private duties as allowances while the …
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IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO STATE the obvious of Donald Trump: that he is a white man who would not be president were it not for this fact. With one immediate exception, Trump’s predecessors made their way to high office through the passive power of whiteness—that bloody heirloom which cannot ensure mastery of all events but …
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