Well, sort of. On Sunday March 21st, the Nigerian newspaper NEXT featured the above cartoon by Tanzania’s very own Gado. It is quite exciting to see the glimmers of continental integration that this cartoon syndication shows – a Tanzanian cartoonist, working for a Kenyan media house being published in a Nigerian newspaper. A less remarkable [...]
SAL Abroad: Lagos, February 2010, Ctd
February 16, 2010
It all happened rather quickly. By Wednesday last week, Nigeria had, in former Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, an Acting President, a position which is apparently unrecognised in the country’s constitution. There are only two ways in which an incumbent President can be removed from office in Nigeria. Either the Federal Executive Council, i.e the Cabinet, [...]
SAL Abroad: Lagos, February 2010
February 8, 2010
Upon arrival in Lagos yesterday morning, one couldn’t help but gravitate towards a nearby newsstand. There have been a lot of talk out here recently about a new newspaper, the brainchild of Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Dele Olojede, and a quick glance at the publications on offer, one can see why. It is hard to miss. [...]