23rd Knot - The Red String

23rd Knot

This month, I focus loosely on "Nigerian problems." I talk about a recent scandal, my theory on how such scandals are birthed, and finally I introduce you to a new blog by a friend of mine as he works to solve one of his Nigerian problems. (February 2013)

Day 100

Now let's talk about another primarily Black problem [https://theredstringblog.com/immediate-gratification], and the benefits of delayed gratification. For some months now, a friend of mine has been here in the U.S, undergoing treatment to cure his sickle-cell aneamia [https://www.clinicalkey.com/topics/hematology/sickle-cell-disease.html], and I

Immediate Gratification

Immediate Gratification

One of the many things I've come to realise through my experiences here in the U.S, is that many of the problems plaguing Nigeria, and indeed most of the African continent, are not just Nigerian problems or African problems. At their most fundamental level, they are all Black problems.

Police College

Speaking of Nigerian things, last month, a particular news item was brought to my attention by an aunt of mine: The Channels Expose on the Police College [http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/01/22/nigeria-police-college-on-the-brink-of-collapse/] in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. In telling me how she'd heard about it (my aunt

Comic Bandit

In a serendipitous coincidence of fate (in other words, luckily), soon after writing the article on Jigida Comics [https://theredstringblog.com/jigida-comics], I received two actual Nigerian comics in the mail. They were a belated birthday present from my mother. The 2 comics, Taboo [http://www.amazon.com/Taboo-ebook/dp/