The Afro Beat

This post was initially an email sent to us from Nnamdi Awa-Kalu (thanks Nnamdi!) but we decided to share it on the Beat because of the inte...

This BBC News article brought a rarely-discussed issue to mind...why don't African leaders speak out against the misdeeds of their fell...

Just thought we could encourage you in your daily struggles by sharing this powerful and remarkable speech by Bill Gates at Harvard Universi...

One last shameless plug for the plight of Nigerian higher education... Here's part of an email from a Psychology professor at Enugu Stat...

Following up Kome's comment on the "Who Needs an Education" post last week and given that the state of tertiary education in N...

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IN RECENT HISTORY, NIGERIANS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY BETRAYED BY THOSE CHARGED WITH ADDRESSING THEIR NEEDS. INSTEAD OF SERVING THE PEOPLE, ...

Although New York Times article doesn't focus specifically on the Nigerian higher education system, the similarities across African cou...

The idea to put up this article came in response to Pseudo-Independent's comment about hoping that the incoming administration will enfo...

This article lauds the long-overdue commencement of the Abuja Light Railway project. The writer is of the opinion that because the Lagos pub...

This article from Today's Guardian Newspaper and talks about the HIV/AIDS plight of the African female (apparently, we're an endang...

"M.K.O. na him we want o!" A number of people have suggested MKO now, and even though we were reticent (for what we thought to be ...

Below are excerpts from an allAfrica.com article this week. One wonders what process of consultation with the Nigerian populace took place ...

In the words of a fellow 'Fro, "they have shamed us o!" The article below is from this week's edition of The Economist , a...

It is our opinion that one of the many reasons why Nigerians aren't as civic minded, or for lack of a better word -can't be bothered...

Okay so after that dramatic move to a different server, we're back on good old blogger. All posts below have been copied from the old se...

The 'official' INEC view of the elections - INEC - www.inecnigeria.org The Transition Montioring Group's view - www.tmgnigeria.o...

A member of the BBC News website's Nigerian voter panel, student Donaman Atezan, 25, in Gboko in central Nigeria tells how thugs forced ...

The Musings of an Awakened 'Fro Misan: "A member of The Beat told me yesterday in conversation, how it was UNREALISTIC to expect th...

The article below is quite a chilling forecast from a great literary poet, which has received all kinds of responses so far - from "wha...