Nigeria - The Red String

Back to Basics

One of the many things I enjoy about coming back to Nigeria, is the return to a simpler style of life - and by simpler, I don't mean easier, I mean rudimentary. I enjoy watching myself slowly (albeit reluctantly), shed my dependence on the Internet; slowly (albeit reluctantly), gravitate away

Nigeria

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 in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. In telling me how she'd heard about it (my aunt lives in Canada), she directed me to Linda Ikeji's

Discoveries

Comic Bandit

In a serendipitous coincidence of fate (in other words, luckily), soon after writing the article on Jigida Comics, I received two actual Nigerian comics in the mail. They were a belated birthday present from my mother. The 2 comics, Taboo & Uhuru, are both published by Comic Bandit Press: a

Discoveries

Jigida Comics

Unlike Kuluya which involved multiple Nigerian digital artists, Jigida Comics is the work of a single person who goes by the pen name of Sugabelly. Sugabelly is a Nigerian blogger and illustrator according to her website, and Jigida Comics is her sole proprietorship comics label. On jigida.com, you will

Thoughts

Backwards Compatibility

As a "computer person", it is an unspoken rule that I need to be on top of current technological events. Frankly speaking, I am terrible at this. I usually learn the latest news, not from tech news, but from friends in related fields. Granted, this is still in

Discoveries

Institute for Venture Design

Speaking of high-tech things, I had the pleasure of visiting the Institute for Venture Design up in Abeokuta last month thanks to my uncle Gboyega. The Institute provides an enabling environment for entrepreneurs to originate and actualise start-up technical ventures. From concept to conception the institute supports "fellows"

Thoughts

A Response

This is a response to an article on Facebook that my friend Shope Ogunkeye pointed me to. The original author is unknown, and the original location of the article also is unknown (at least to me). The Facebook version is simply a duplicate by someone else who saw it, was

Technology

Swift 4G

So my Dropbox ploy of last month was quite a failure. I'm glad I didn't hold out much hope in you guys. As it turns out, my space was being taken up by an iPod Photo Cache folder that iTunes automatically creates whenever I sync my iPad. Once I deleted

Thoughts

The Meaning of Humblerra

If you have been following the Nigerian elections be it on your own or via your Nigerian friends, you should by now be very familiar with our honourable first lady, Dame Patience - and her wonderful command of the English language. In particular, her statement about the PDP Humblerra should

Friends

Family, Friends, & Fun

Of course whether one's country is a have or a have not never really matters when going back home. Because if you're like me, you're going back for the people and not for the places. Between The Duet and my own laziness I didn't really get to spend time with

Thoughts

The Benefits of Being Backward

I remember telling a friend of mine that I was looking forward to going back home for a break and how by the time I had finished regaling him with tales of power outages, shoddy Internet, and potholed roads, he wondered what the heck there was to look forward to!

Books

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is the first book by Lola Shoneyin (Daughter in-law of Wole Soyinka according to my father) I do so hate name dropping but if it will make you buy her book and chance a read then why the hell not? I'm sure her

Thoughts

Back Home

Every time I come back home to Nigeria, I find there is some new and exciting difference. Last year it was the Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola and the major improvements he was making to the state, the bowling alley that had opened up at The Palms Shopping Mall, and

Leisure

Lagos Bound

You ought to have gotten the hint by now that I was going to be away from the U.S for awhile. All this talk of backup content and not being able to host my friend or see my brother for some months. That's because I'm on a plane. As