After Fair Trade Coffee, Fair Trade Shea
are closed
May 12, 2013, 6:00 am By FRANKIE EDOZIEN A few of the estimated 16 million African women who pick shea nuts for a living are going to be making their case for fair trade to the giant corporations who buy their nuts in New York City on Monday. These women — many of them making their first trip outside Africa — are the main attraction at the first-ever Shea Butter…
Read more...Nollywood: Censored at Home, Available on the Internet
April 22, 2013, 3:24 pm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN Nigeria’s movie industry — often dubbed Nollywood — has been a source of pride and escape for years for many of Nigeria’s 160 million residents. But the recent banning of a Nigerian documentary on corruption and the country’s oil wealth, “Fuelling Poverty,” has left many crying foul. “Fuelling Poverty,” a 30-minute film depicting the massive street protests in 2012 over the removal…
Read more...Nigeria Abuzz Over Who Paid for Beyoncé Concert
Feb. 24 2013 By FRANKIE EDOZIEN Did the Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, divert $1 million from an anti-poverty program to finance a trip to Lagos by American pop stars Beyoncé Knowles and her husband Jay-Z? A document recently released by SaharaReporters, a group of well-regarded and some famous Nigerian journalists, some of them dissidents forced to flee the country, seems to indicate that he did. And the report has…
Read more...How Bad Is Security at the Lagos Airport?
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 By Frankie Edozien / Abuja International travelers flying out of Nigeria’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos during the Christmas season are used to being hassled by security. Usually, it’s a demand for tips and gifts. At every point of contact with officials, from check-in to final boarding, the requests are constant. As a result, many passengers familiar with the Lagos airport aren’t surprised that Umar…
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