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William Onyeabor: One of modern music's greatest enigmas
11 months, 2 weeks ago

William Onyeabor: One of modern music's greatest enigmas

BBC  

William Onyeabor: One of modern music's greatest enigmas Courtesy of Luaka Bop After self-producing eight albums in the 1970s and 80s that went on to become cult classics, William Onyeabor all but disappeared. "The thing about my father is that he was not a man who was moved by fame or money," Onyeabor's eldest son Charles Onyeabor tells BBC Culture. …

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Nigeria's separatist protests are reminders of Biafran war
2 years, 9 months ago

Nigeria's separatist protests are reminders of Biafran war

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, has ordered residents to stay at …

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In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores
3 years ago

In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We are getting to the …

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In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores
3 years ago

In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores

Associated Press  

LAGOS, Nigeria — Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of information for answers to complex questions. “We are getting to the point where if a machine doesn’t understand your language it will be like it never existed,” said Vukosi Marivate, chief of data science at the University of Pretoria in …

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Small businesses bear the brunt of Nigerian separatist lockdowns
3 years, 1 month ago

Small businesses bear the brunt of Nigerian separatist lockdowns

Al Jazeera  

Both formal and informal firms in southeastern Nigeria are losing business due to stay-at-home orders announced by separatists in the region. The 34-year old businessman runs a small chain of Point of Sale terminal operator shops that act as informal banks across Onitsha, arguably Nigeria’s biggest commercial nerve centre outside Lagos. “Onitsha is heavily dependent on its market activities everybody …

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Chidobe Awuzie arrives for Bengals wearing his mission across his chest
3 years, 2 months ago

Chidobe Awuzie arrives for Bengals wearing his mission across his chest

New York Times  

Chidobe Awuzie grew up the son of Nigerian immigrants, George and Victoria, in the southern outskirts of San Jose, Calif. “It’s kind of like ‘The Great Gatsby,'” Awuzie said. Growing up, I didn’t really realize it, but when I got in this position, I’m like, ‘Whoa, these things are elegant.’ This is designer; the fabrics are real nice.” In the …

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Stealing Africa: How Britain looted the continent’s art
3 years, 2 months ago

Stealing Africa: How Britain looted the continent’s art

Al Jazeera  

During war and colonisation, Western nations participated in the theft of thousands of pieces of African art. In November 1906, around 170 British soldiers launched what that country’s parliament called a “punitive expedition” against the town for carrying out annual raids along British trade routes in Borno state. But curator labels available online about the background of the items at …

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Leader of Nigerian separatist group arrested, faces trial
3 years, 6 months ago

Leader of Nigerian separatist group arrested, faces trial

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nnamdi Kanu leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra was arrested and brought back …

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Sacred statues sold despite experts’ pleas that they were stolen during Nigerian civil war
4 years, 6 months ago

Sacred statues sold despite experts’ pleas that they were stolen during Nigerian civil war

LA Times  

A pair of sacred statues that a Nigerian museum commission and protesters said were looted during the country’s 1960s civil war fetched $239,000 at auction in Paris on Monday. A Princeton University scholar, Chika Okeke-Agulu, alongside Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, raised alarms this month that the objects were looted during the Biafran war in the late 1960s. …

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The genocide and inhumane tactics that characterised the Biafran war
4 years, 11 months ago

The genocide and inhumane tactics that characterised the Biafran war

The Independent  

A photograph taken in April 1968 by the British photojournalist Don McCullin shows a young Biafran soldier carrying a wounded comrade from an encounter with the federal Nigeran army during the Biafran war. That the British government, leader of the Commonwealth, whose duty it should have been to play the role of mediator, should furnish the most lethal weapons for …

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The dream of Biafra lives on in underground Nigerian radio broadcasts
5 years, 8 months ago

The dream of Biafra lives on in underground Nigerian radio broadcasts

LA Times  

A Nigerian soldier controls the traffic in Aba, in a pro-Biafra separatist zone. Then an anthem begins to play, and a voice says “Kedu” — “how are you” in the Igbo language — to welcome listeners to the daily broadcast of Radio Biafra. Ultimately, the rebels surrendered and the area was reintegrated into Nigeria under the government motto “No victor, …

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