Tony Wheeler is one of the most travelled people in the world, but one country has eluded him for 50 years – Nigeria. For Grey Continent, he explains why he has to right this wrong.
Category: Culture
A rose by any other name
As Chinedum Art Michael tries to name his newborn daughter, he ponders the reasons Nigerians give their children certain names.
Kiswahili: how a standard version of the east African language was formed – and spread across the world
Kiswahili originated in east Africa, spreading around the continent and the globe. It’s been adopted as a working language at the African Union and there’s a push for it to become Africa’s lingua franca or common language. Morgan J. Robinson is a historian of east Africa with a research focus on language who has published a book on Kiswahili called A Language for the World. We asked Morgan J. Robinson, of Mississippi State University how today’s accepted standard version of Kiswahili came into being.
Animal Farm has been translated into Shona
Tinashe Mushakavanhu from the University of Oxford explains why a group of Zimbabwean writers undertook the task.
PIDGIN ENGLISH IS THE REAL USURPER
As more languages become endangered, Chinedum Art Michael looks at how Nigeria’s indigenous languages could be affected.
A vaccine is approved for malaria, while cholera spreads – the weekly news quiz
From the approval of the first malaria vaccine, to an outbreak of cholera in several states – test your knowledge of what has happened in Nigeria this week.
The quiz is brought to you by Adetomiwa Isiaka, who writes the newsletter, That New News , a wry look at the week’s news stories. She tweets at @bellexsans.
Phone Leaks and Fashion choices – The Weekly News Quiz
From law-making to kidnappings – test your knowledge of what has happened in Nigeria this week.
The quiz is brought to you by Adetomiwa Isiaka, who writes the newsletter, That New News , a wry look at the week’s news stories. She tweets at @bellexsans.