nigeria

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 * Nigeria** is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean.

Headlines
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Recommended listening
[|Ancient Text Messages: Batá Drums in a Changing World] - In Africa, drums don't only play rhythms, they send messages. “Ancient Text Messages: Batá Drums in a Changing World” explores an endangered tradition of drum speech in Nigeria, and how that tradition changed and thrived in Cuba, where large numbers of enslaved Yoruba arrived in the 19th century. Producer Ned Sublette speaks with ethnomusicologist Amanda Villepastour, language technician Tunde Adegbola, and drummer Kenneth Schweitzer about how language and music overlap.

[|Why Goodluck Jonathan lost] - Did Goodluck Jonathan ensure his own political downfall?

[|In the land of 419s] - 419s are those scam emails sent by Nigerians that clog up inboxes all over the world and it's also the nickname given to any form of corruption in Nigeria. In this oil-rich country corruption is rife, causing a profound debauching of government, the people and the environment. In this Nigerian travel diary Susan Murphy meets people who carry on against the odds, with grace, fortitude and a sense of style. She also visits an extraordinary three-day Holy Ghost Revival meeting. They say in Nigeria that if you want to get rich start an NGO or a church.

[|Niger Delta Oil] - More oil is spilled in the Niger Delta every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico. This discussion looks at the devastating effect this has had on the environment and the Nigerian people whose livelihoods depend so much on fishing and farming

[|Mining and Nigeria] - In the 1990s, the world's attention was brought to the mining operations of oil company Shell in Nigeria, and accompanying human rights transgressions. Mining's impact on human rights remains an issue in various parts of the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9 http://www.afropop.org/6325/king-sunny-ade-hip-deep-portrait

tourism portals
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Twitter
[|@FutureLagos] https://twitter.com/MRA_Nigeria https://twitter.com/LASPARKLagos https://twitter.com/bilikiss

Elsewhere on the Web
[|The Drums and Gods of the Yoruba] [] [] - [] []

Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency
At LASPARK we are dedicated and committed to providing a beautiful, safe and healthy state through the establishment of functional parks, gardens and recreational centres. With 327 parks and gardens established and maintained across Lagos in addition to the extensive streetscape, or roadside greenery, that forms the backbone the state, we are committed to enhancing the greenery of Lagos. https://www.laspark.ng https://www.facebook.com/LASPARKLagos https://twitter.com/LASPARKLagos https://twitter.com/bilikiss

Indigenous Peoples
[|Ogoni_people]

wikipedia
[|Niger_Delta] [|Nigeria] [|Yoruba language]

Abuja
[|Abuja]

Bonny Island
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Lagos
(Yoruba name: //Èkó//) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos https://lagosstate.gov.ng/

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