What Pa Chinua did

Achebe is dead.  A great tree has fallen - oak for ajebutters, we ajepakis say iroko.

The famous writer predicted Nigeria’s tragic comedies, observed and told the world about us; indeed he told us about ourselves.

For all those who have never read Things Fall Apart or a word of Achebe, here's a shortcut: The Voter is a prescient story of elections and superstition, of cultural upheaval and adaptation, and it takes only a few minutes to read.  You're welcome.

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Who do you say I am?

Nigerians are the most intelligent, enterprising, beautiful...
the world's happiest people...in a post-colonial, underdeveloped, third-world mess.

Unknown artist, Source http://au.int

Together, we are the giant of Africa...in a gigantic slumber.
We deserve credit for being Africa's peacekeeper.  

The best place to invest...but a long list of worries. 
Nigerians are good people with some bad habits.

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And we won!

Nigeria's Super Eagles are the African champions.

Journey to the AFCON 2013 cup

 May Nigeria continue to be blessed.
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Break Up? Never!

 A cartoon of Nigeria, where it seems to some that there is a trade-off between staying together / avoiding civil war, and growing / developing at a fast pace.
What do you think?
Should we break down up to speed up?
Or are peace and progress too closely linked?   

See more drawings of award-winning cartoonist EB Asuquo of BusinessDay.



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I live in a beautiful country

As 2012 hurtles to a close, I want to take a break from the so-called problematics of government to savour the great wealth and beauty that is my home country, Nigeria.

Chalet at a beach resort in Lagos, Nigeria

May we manifest our potential as a great nation of good people.  Amen.
  
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