| 单词 | Nigerian |
| 例句 | Nigerians took on all sorts of names here. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “We don’t know for sure that it was Nigerian fire. The Biafrans could have put it on.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Kudirat’s death will not be in vain, it will only galvanize the democratic movement in a way that even her life did not! I just wrote an article about this issue online in Nigerian Village.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “We had friends there. Did you know anybody in the Nigerian College of Arts?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she went to singing a Nigerian grief song learned from her daddy, who was lured onto an illegal slave ship in 1848, when he was only twelve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z With the British gone, there would be good things for everyone: "white" salaries long denied Nigerians, promotions, top jobs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Besides, she already imagined taking over the running of Zoe, turning it into a vibrant, relevant companion for Nigerian women, and—who knew—perhaps one day buying out Aunty Onenu. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Nigerian Ambassador was deeply concerned about the Afro-Americans’ plight in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z What mattered was that the massacres made fervent Biafrans of former Nigerians. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Adaugo. I googled it. It’s Nigerian. Means ‘daughter of an eagle,’ right?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The Nigerians would let Biafra be; they would never fight a people already battered by the massacres. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Comparisons of terms for plants in southern Nigerian languages of the Niger-Congo family show that the words fall into three groups. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Somebody lit a hurricane lamp and Richard wondered if the Nigerian bomber hovering above could see it, wondered how many Nigerian bombers were hovering above. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She shook her head; she had never even seen the new Nigerian money. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Werner has been reading the popular science magazines in the drugstore; he’s interested in wave turbulence, tunnels to the center of the earth, the Nigerian method of relaying news over distances with drums. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z One full page was a photograph of me; the opposite full page was a beautiful color illustration of a black royal Nigerian Muslim, stalwart and handsome, of hundreds of years ago. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not understand why Laura looked up so much information about Nigeria, asking her about 419 scams, telling her how much money Nigerians in America sent back home every year. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “How did you manage on the road with the Nigerian soldiers?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “The new Nigerian upper class is a collection of illiterates who read nothing and eat food they dislike at overpriced Lebanese restaurants and have social conversations around one subject: ‘How’s the new car behaving?’” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Afterward, in the Students’ Union, I was plied with questions, and I was made an honorary member of the Nigerian Muslim Students’ Society. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Nigerian women came to America and became wild, Igbo Massachusetts Accountant wrote in one post; it was an unpleasant truth but one that had to be said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But what we Nigerians needed was not soldiers ruling us, what we needed was a renewed democracy. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z First are cases in which the word for a particular crop is very similar in all those southern Nigerian languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Eze was the wealthiest man in the room, an owner of oil wells, and as many of the Nigerian wealthy were, he was free of angst, an obliviously happy man. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s trading with illiterate Nigerian women who have what we need.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Nigerians can be so obsequious. We are a confident people but we are so obsequious. It’s not difficult for us to be insincere.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His cell was smaller, colder, than the cell in Manchester and his cellmate, another Nigerian, told him that he was not going to allow himself to be deported. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She turned the TV on and searched for the Nigerian channels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was his first visit to Biafra’s only link to the outside world, this wonder of an airstrip where food and arms evaded Nigerian bombers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now he had met Ulrike, a lean, angular-faced woman with the body of a young man, who worked at an embassy and seemed determined to sulk her way through her Nigerian posting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “About fifteen or twenty miles, nothing a determined person cannot do. We will carry our Nigerian coins and buy salt and garri and then walk back to the lorry.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They flung stones with wide sweeps of their arms and then, clutching their guns, they rushed toward the other boys, the Nigerian side, the losers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ifemelu had found the listing on Nigerian Jobs Online—“features editor for leading women’s monthly magazine.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He talked about Nigerian politics with the fervid enthusiasm of a person who followed it from afar, who read and reread articles on the Internet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Benito and Fani, his bride, had loathed each other on sight; but El Patron liked Nigerian money, so their opinions didn’t count. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, he offered her the New Nigerian and asked, “Would you like to read this?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I made Nigerian radio and television program appearances. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Benito, Steven’s older brother, had married the daughter of the Nigerian president because Nigeria was one of the richest countries in the world. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Lassa fever was first observed in 1969 in Nigeria, where it causes a fatal illness so contagious that Nigerian hospitals have been closed down if even a single case appears. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He would be Biafran in a way he could never have been Nigerian—he was here at the beginning; he had shared in the birth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ever since he read about this Swedish aristocrat who bombed Nigerian targets with his own small plane, he had wanted to meet him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He no longer muttered “nation of intractable sycophancy” when the nightly news started on NTA, no longer held long monologues about how Babangida’s government had reduced Nigerians to imprudent idiots, no longer teased her mother. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At Abagana, they drove past the destroyed Nigerian fleet, a long, long column of burned and blackened vehicles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Next come crops whose names are consistent only among the languages falling within a small subgroup of those southern Nigerian languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Many families left the camp, to search for relatives or to hide in the bush from the Nigerian soldiers who were coming with whips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He called her late at night, Nigerian time, and they talked about what they used to do together. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Obinze would ordinarily not have said anything at all, just watched and listened, but today, for some reason, he said, “Didn’t we all go to primary schools that taught the Nigerian curriculum?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Talking with me privately, one group of Nigerian officials told me how skillfully the U.S. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He started telling me how he’d acquired a rare tropical disease after getting into a bloody fistfight with some Nigerian drug dealers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even the Nigerian armored car, left abandoned at the end of the street, had grass growing from its tires. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I was just saying that the Nigerians who keep complaining about the oil companies don’t understand that this economy will collapse without them,” Dapo said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Each ended with a male Nigerian voice, theatrical and loud, saying “Grab your copy now!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Later, she read his online posts on Nigerian Village, all of them sour-toned and strident, under the moniker “Igbo Massachusetts Accountant,” and it surprised her how profusely he wrote, how actively he pursued airless arguments. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They passed a few checkpoints manned by Nigerian soldiers, and Odenigbo muttered something under his breath each time they were waved past. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One Eastern European woman, Iloba had told him, had asked the Nigerian man, an hour before their court wedding, to give her a thousand pounds extra or she would walk away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A luncheon was given for me that afternoon by the Nigerian High Commissioner, His Excellency Alhadji Isa Wali, a short, bespectacled, extremely warm and friendly man who had lived in Washington, D.C. for two years. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Haven’t you heard how those American embassy people treat Nigerians? They insult you and call you a liar and on top of it, eh, refuse to give you a visa,” Amaka said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was sweaty and spicy and Nigerians preferred to present the final product, not the process. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Second World War changed the world order: Empire was crumbling, and a vocal Nigerian elite, mostly from the South, had emerged. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So Nicole learned traditional Nigerian drumming, which she didn’t totally rock at but it wasn’t like the judges knew anything about Nigerian drumming anyway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Since those are the oldest West African crops, all modern southern Nigerian languages inherited the same original set of words for them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Are you sure you are not an agent of the Nigerian government? It is you white people who allowed Gowon to kill innocent women and children.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t imagine telling Big Ma her Bible and a book by a Nigerian writer had something in common. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We promise that you will no more be ashamed to say that you are a Nigerian. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Igbo Massachusetts Accountant’s rejoinder: “You have been brainwashed by the West. You should be ashamed to call yourself a Nigerian.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Or you would be the kind of Nigerian working in IT and driving a BMW,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Odenigbo wanted to go to Abba, to see where his mother lay, and each day he walked to the main road to find out whether the Nigerian soldiers were letting cars pass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ugwu sang along and wished, again, that he could join the Civil Defense League or the militia, who went combing for Nigerians hiding in the bush. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He paused and then repeated her words, “Those people in your school are fools,” in a good mimicry of a Nigerian accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Later, they sat in a large hall and watched the children’s production of a Christmas play, about a Nigerian family who find an orphan on their doorstep on Christmas Day. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She wrote about the tendency of Nigerian women to give advice, sincere advice dense with sanctimony. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They chuckled about how tribal Nigerian politics was, and perhaps these chaps were not quite so ready to rule themselves after all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not Nigerian, but you could never be too sure. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Some of us in Biafra-Two had Nigerian money and we traded with them even though we were in the militia,” Odinchezo said, and shrugged. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They ate fish and chips in a pub, a thin crust of grime on the sides of the wood table, while she talked about her love of fashion and asked him about Nigerian traditional dress. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She spoke with authority about Nigeria and Nigerians. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Olanna gave him some of her Nigerian money before he left with Harrison. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ginika had lapsed into Nigerian English, a dated, overcooked version, eager to prove how unchanged she was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Nigerian taxi drivers in America were all convinced that they really were not taxi drivers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He knew about Nigerians, he told her, he was an assistant professor at Yale, and although his interest was mostly in southern Africa, how could he not know about Nigerians when they were everywhere? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Only the Nigerian Reverend Sisters sang, teeth flashing against their dark skins. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t think Kainene was some wealthy Nigerian’s daughter because she had none of the cultivated demureness. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Nigerian films were good, therefore her move back home would be good. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After the glowing news—Biafran troops were flushing out the last remnants of the enemy, Nigerian casualties were high, mopping-up operations were concluding—he would fantasize about joining the army. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had lost his accent and now spoke Nigerian English. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He repeated, “This house is out of shelling range, completely out of shelling range,” until Richard wondered how he could possibly know where the Nigerians would shell from. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “They said the Nigerians have been bombing and bombing Uli and no relief plane has been able to land in a week,” Alice said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She watched the women, Biafran women, haggling, giving out change in Nigerian pounds as if it was currency they had used all their lives. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That Nigerian girl, she feels very important because of Princeton. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was difficult to believe how silent it all had been a moment ago, and how Biafran markets now thrived so easily in the bush since the Nigerians bombed the open-air Awgu market. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yes. The entire school is just two buildings, really. There were very few of us there. It is so exclusive many Nigerians don’t even know it exists.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “There’s another table on the other side with Nigerian food,” Obinze told him, and the young man looked at him and laughed in gratitude. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “If you decide to disadvantage your child by sending her to one of these schools with half-baked Nigerian teachers, then you only have yourself to blame,” Mrs. Akin-Cole said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “And you don’t have Nigerian money, do you?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The other men sat around slumped into their own sorrows, listening to the Nigerians trade their stories, sometimes laughing, sometimes self-pitying. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Nigerians, Ugandans, Kenyans, Ghanaians, South Africans, Tanzanians, Zimbabweans, one Congolese, and one Guinean sat around eating, talking, fueling spirits, and their different accents formed meshes of solacing sounds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Rex Lawson is a true Nigerian. He does not cleave to his Kalahari tribe; he sings in all our major languages. That’s original—and certainly reason enough to like him,” Miss Adebayo said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I see Nigerians like you declaring thousands and thousands of dollars all the time.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z What else accounted for the high divorce rates among Nigerians in America and the low rates among Nigerians in Nigeria? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I was horrified when, about six months after Malala’s visit, 276 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by the extremist group Boko Haram, seemingly intent on causing other Nigerian families to fear sending their daughters to school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She didn’t even have the generic prettiness that made him inclined to believe the rumor that Nigerian politicians swapped mistresses. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But, sah, I am cooking the food of your country; all the food you are eating as children I cook. In fact, I’m not cooking Nigerian foods, only foreign recipe.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In Nigerian Pidgin English, he wrote, whack meant eat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She would not have said that if he had been talking to one of the British women, even though some of them had helped write the Nigerian constitution. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You do traditional Nigerian drumming as your talent?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I went to Zaria last week, and it seemed that all everybody was saying was second coup, second coup. Even Radio Kaduna and the New Nigerian,” he said in Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her face tight with disgust, as though they were all criminals bringing shame on upright Nigerians like her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’d forgotten that Lagos is so expensive. I cant believe how much money the Nigerian wealthy spend.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He had already told Nigel many times that Nigerian cooking was not cosmetic, with all that pounding. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “What is it, one in every five Africans is Nigerian?” he asked, still smiling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Njemile had wanted something that reflected her Nigerian heritage and would be her own. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Special Julius brought a bottle of whisky, and the guests sang and shouted drunkenly about the might of Biafra, the stupidity of the Nigerians, the foolishness of those newscasters on BBC radio. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Amaka used to write the office of the Head of State, even the Nigerian Ambassador in America, to complain about the poor state of Nigeria’s justice system. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Olanna gave her the soap, and because she knew that Mrs. Muokelu would not touch anything sent from Nigeria by a Nigerian, she said, “My mother sent it from England.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But the first time Olanna saw Nigerian soldiers, on the main road, they did not hold whips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This was what he now was, the kind of Nigerian expected to declare a lot of cash at the airport. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The war would last just long enough for the Biafran army to gas the Nigerians to kingdom come. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were seated at the same spot again, near the whitewashed railing, by a Nigerian waiter in a tight black suit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Last week, he had met two Nigerian men, distant friends of a friend, who said they knew an Eastern European woman, and he had paid them a hundred pounds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “So when we conquer the Nigerians we will be the less humane?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Amaka asked, tiredly, and I could tell that right now she did not care about the woman who had nearly cried blood or about Nigerians being kicked around or about anything at all. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Nigerian soldiers, they had heard, did not like people who looked like intellectuals. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the TV room, there was a group of men, many of them Nigerians, talking loudly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The colors of his face, the colors of condensed milk and a cut-open soursop, had not tanned at all in the fierce heat of seven Nigerian harmattans. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And there was Suzanne, with her Nigerian birth certificate and her collection of beloved aunties in Jamaica. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You know last Saturday when Chika and Bose brought their children, I was just thinking that Nigerians here really forgive so much from their children because they have foreign accents. The rules are different.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Cole's story of a Nigerian doctor's physical and spiritual journey also is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. Teju Cole wins $10,000 prize for first novel 2012-03-07T01:31:06Z But on the first studio album in a decade by King Sunny Adé, his Nigerian juju music simply flies. The Year in Culture: 2010 Anthems: From a Kiss-Off to Jolts of Hope 2010-12-16T19:28:05Z "It's not a 'hood film or romantic comedy or Tyler Perry," says Famuyiwa, 41, the son of Nigerian immigrants who grew up in Inglewood. The comedy-drama 'Dope' defies 'black film' expectations 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Nigerian officials began screening airport and seaport passengers this week after a Liberian man who collapsed in Lagos airport was later confirmed to have died of Ebola. Ebola outbreak 'moving faster than efforts to control it', says WHO chief 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z This year the biennial will return in a new location, perhaps slightly tamed, with three Nigerian curators based in Chicago, London and Lagos. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z But in singing a verse on “One Dance,” Wizkid became the first Nigerian artist to land on the U.S. charts, as well as the first to top them. Is this the year that African music will conquer the United States? 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z “Taste” is set in Vietnam, and the man I mentioned is Nigerian, the women Vietnamese and seemingly older than he is. ‘Taste’ Review: A Slow, Sensual Hallucination Set in Vietnam 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Benin’s royal family and the Nigerian local and national governments plan to open a museum in Benin City in 2023 with at least 300 Benin Bronzes. This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z I seem to have an affinity with Nigerians. Naomie Harris: 'I want to play Elizabeth Bennet' 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z Their celebration started on Sept. 10 with about 70 guests and a traditional Nigerian wedding, which includes palm wine and a blessing from the bride’s parents. Taking the Slow Route to the Altar 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Did the results mean my very distant ancestors were Nigerian, or that my biological father was probably from there? ‘It made me question my ancestry’: does DNA home testing really understand race? 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z She consults with clients in a room with French velvet-upholstered chairs, and then leads them back into her studio, with walls of fabric she designs and has handmade in Nigerian villages on 11th-century looms. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Once ownership is transferred, it will be up to Nigerian authorities to decide which artifacts they want back, and which they want kept in German museums as cultural ambassadors for Nigeria. Germany Begins Return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The gospel of Nigerian film and music is spread, in part, by Africa-wide TV channels such as Africa Magic, Channel O and Trace TV. Nigeria's entertainment industry eager to make pirates part of sea change 2012-12-14T07:00:01Z All the women, including the interloper Isobel, have white mothers and Black Nigerian fathers, yet each has her own particular relationship to her heritage. The Lives of Black Women, at Home and Abroad 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The youngest of four children born to Nigerian immigrants who “somehow landed in Alabama” in the 1980s, Luwoye dabbled in the arts. Michael Luwoye: Once a theater outsider, now he's Alexander Hamilton — in L.A., and soon on Broadway 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z It's a distinct Nigerian spirit that's been drunk for generations across social classes due to its use in traditional ceremonies like offering blessings at a wedding, as well as casual libations. The delicious, diverse world of spirits from the African continent 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z But the stage adaptation, which opened on Monday, runs into some flaws that, while not fatal, strand this Nigerian writer’s work in the mortal realm. ‘The Half-God of Rainfall’ Review: Basketball Under the Heavens 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z “She is arguably the most important advocate of contemporary Nigerian art. Her passion in promoting emerging artists and particularly women artists is commendable.” From Lagos to Los Angeles, an African Art Gallery Arrives 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Which was not dissimilar from the experience of her sorority sister, Jennifer Egbebike, whose parents are Nigerian, but who grew up in Miami. When a Feminist Pledges a Sorority 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z I wait to film something important happening, like the Nigerian group chanting in the detention center. “I was in the rescue boat with them. I saw the dead bodies”: Documentary “Fire at Sea” captures the heartbreak of the migrant crisis 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z There are special traditional types of Nigerian delicacies that are prepared, served and packaged using vegetable leaf wrappers. Nigeria’s street food adds to the plastic problem — green leaves offer a solution 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z You say in the special that as a Nigerian, you’ll always have multiple jobs. Yvonne Orji, the ‘Insecure’ Star, Returns Confidently to Stand-Up 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z He introduced me to the first Korean, Nigerian, Jamaican, Swiss and Puerto Rican people I ever met. Sorry, but forced apologies are the worst. Why can't we quit this insincere ritual? 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z I'm a writer situated in the Nigerian disapora, and the Caine prize means a lot – it feels like I'm connected to a long tradition of African writers. Caine prize won by Tope Folarin's 'utterly compelling' short story 2013-07-09T10:43:36Z Songs by Nigerian artists like 2Face, P-Square and MI feature prominently at nightclubs in neighboring Ghana and as far away as Uganda and South Africa. Nigerian hip-hop, long a copy, grows into its own 2011-05-04T10:39:08Z Despite this, and despite the increasing outcry by those Nigerians who are documenting this abuse and sharing on social media, the issue persists. Beaten, raped and forced to work: why I'm exposing the scandal of Nigeria’s house girls 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Iweala was born in Washington D.C. to Nigerian parents and bounced between Nigeria and the U.S. with a solid grounding in both nations. A Harlem Institution Reimagines How Americans Interact With the African Continent 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z This state of affairs is ably documented and explained by Stephen Ellis—a British expert on African affairs, who died last year—in an excellent history of Nigerian organised crime, “This Present Darkness”. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z You’d think that when the Poles or Nigerians or Chinese arrived in Ireland, the Irish would be open with welcome. Alice Walker and Colm Toibin, and Their Trail of Words 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z A complex individual who believed in change and was troubled by the country's long military rule, he took advantage of a brief window of Nigerian democracy to run for president in 1993. 'Supreme Price' tallies the cost of seeking change in Nigeria 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Here’s Jina Moore from Buzzfeed on how Nigerians — parents of the girls, community members and other officials — kept pressure and continue to keep pressure on their government in the wake of the mass kidnapping: Rush Limbaugh ignores existence of Nigerians, pretends Michelle Obama holding a sign is only response to abducted girls 2014-05-09T20:57:00Z Later in the film the family visits Ms. Okpokwasili’s parents, who are Nigerian immigrants. Review: Okwui Okpokwasili’s ‘Bronx Gothic,’ From Stage to Screen 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Thousands of faithful packed stadiums in Addis Ababa and Mogadishu and there were also mass prayers in the Nigerian capital Abuja as well as Juba in South Sudan. Muslims celebrate Eid, ending Ramadan holy month 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Nollywood’s films are famed for tales of romance and witchcraft and often depict lavish social gatherings that are the bedrock of Nigerian life. Cameras roll again in Nollywood but Nigeria's cinemas still dark 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z When the massacre of Igbos began in the north following the coup, Achebe was working for the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission in Lagos. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z Soyinka credits young Nigerians — about 64 million between 15 and 35 years of the country’s more than 200 million people — for trying to fundamentally reform the country. Nigerian Nobel-winning author Wole Soyinka has hope in young 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z “You don’t get to be Nigerian and tell your parents you want to do comedy without getting a couple of degrees under your belt first,” Orji said recently. Yvonne Orji, the ‘Insecure’ Star, Returns Confidently to Stand-Up 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z He fetishizes Black skin, and at one point, he marvels to his Nigerian girlfriend about “how people in Africa can be so happy with so little.” A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z He will be remembered for his contributions to Yoruba highlife music in particular and Nigerian music in general. Nigeria mourns veteran singer Fatai 2013-06-13T10:57:38Z Albert Jr.’s firm designed master plans for Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany; the Nigerian capital city, Abuja; and a so-called Automobile City on the outskirts of Shanghai, close to a large Volkswagen factory. Albert Speer Jr., Architect and Son of Hitler Confidant, Dies at 83 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The Met also announced an agreement with the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments for future loans and collaborations. Why the Smithsonian is changing its approach to collecting, starting with the removal of looted Benin treasures 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z She says returnee Nigerians are more likely to collect, filling their offices with indigenous works. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Drawing on motifs from Persian, Nigerian and Senegalese textiles, Olowu created a series of rough gouache sketches, layering them up, pattern on pattern. From a Beloved Fashion Designer, Fabrics for the Home 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z That spiraling wound itself into “The Ufot Cycle,” a planned series of nine plays looking at the history of Nigerian immigration in America through the eyes of one family. Nine Plays, One Truth: Mfoniso Udofia on Her Immigrant Experience, and Ours 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Tom Hughes Asa The Way I Feel I could have picked anything from Asa's second album, Beautiful Imperfection, but this Sade-esque piece of jazzy soul shows off the Nigerian singer's enchantingly drowsy vocals best. F&M playlist 2011-02-03T23:45:00Z Nigerians think the same of themselves in Africa. Just Asking: Shireen Lewis 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z “That struck me as suspicious, like perhaps it was one of those Nigerian or Croatian bankers with a grand idea, if only I’d send my bank account number.” The Perils of Email Auto-Fill 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z For me, there was never a time I thought I didn’t want to be Nigerian. Yvonne Orji, the ‘Insecure’ Star, Returns Confidently to Stand-Up 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “Literature, from women of any race and men of any race, besides white, would always be pigeonholed as, ‘Now I’m going to tell you my Nigerian story,’ ” she added, “And it was so tiring.” Uzoamaka Maduka Leaves a Paper Trail With the American Reader 2013-01-02T22:14:17Z That combination appeals to both Nigerians, who are now proud of so-called "Naija" music, and to a growing foreign following as well. Nigerian hip-hop, long a copy, grows into its own 2011-05-04T10:39:08Z She is one of a growing number of Nigerian holiday-makers keen to explore their country, one whose unenviable reputation for violent crime and corruption largely deters international travelers. Nigerian millennials fuel domestic tourism 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Teju Cole: The son of Nigerian parents, Cole was born here but raised in Nigeria, and is now writer-in-residence at Bard College. Novels of the African Diaspora: A reading list 2014-04-30T21:32:43Z Iwuji’s clipped Nigerian accent evokes the novel’s African setting and a village storyteller’s impious wit. Book World: 5 stories to relish even with your eyes closed 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z “Folksong Festival” was also a rare venue for African folk music, including a performance by a Nigerian student vocal chorus in 1956, while that country was still under British colonial rule. Oscar Brand, folk troubadour and radio host for seven decades, dies at 96 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Not only was the Nigerian character in the novel unrecognizable to him and his classmates but he also detected, in the description of Nigerians, “an undertow of uncharitableness … a contagion of distaste, hatred, and mockery.” Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z In the Nigerian queer scene, there are no sinners and no saints. ‘The Legend of the Underground’ Review: Gay Activism in Nigeria 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The Chicago Police Department claimed that Smollett fabricated the story and paid two Nigerian brothers $3,500 to stage what looked like a hate crime. Jussie Smollett indicted on six new charges related to alleged hate crime hoax 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z In China, a wealthy young Chinese man murders a Nigerian club employee, and a student who witnessed the crime is arrested. 'One Child' examines injustice at expense of personal pain 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z If only against the high standard of “School Girls,” that makes “Nollywood Dreams” feel slightly unmoored — which wouldn’t matter if American comedy were more like Nigerian film. Review: In ‘Nollywood Dreams,’ a Star and an Industry Are Born 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z These are displayed alongside some noteworthy ceramic “Portraits” by the Nigerian artist Ebitenyefa Baralaye, which highlight or celebrate Black facial features — including those of people close to him, like his father. Salon Art+Design Brings Home and Art Closer Together 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z As a self-described gay man and the son of an African-American mother and a Nigerian father, he offers a model of the artist as multicultural itinerant. Kehinde Wiley Puts a Classical Spin on His Contemporary Subjects 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z This is the New Africa Shrine, a club modelled on the spiritual home of the late Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musical and political revolutionary. Fela Kuti musical moves to Nigeria 2011-03-04T12:57:01Z Instead of popcorn, expect beignets and Nigerian meat pies. Nollywood goes to Paris 2013-05-07T15:04:08Z Tochi Onyebuchi unleashes the musical voice of the polite son of a Nigerian immigrant over a number of weeks in “Samson and the Delilahs.” Review | How does it feel to be young and black in America? A new book offers a glimpse. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The Nigerian performance also includes significant changes from the original text, as the royalty imagined by Shakespeare become the volatile Yoruba gods Ogun and Sango. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z From the beginning you will also become acquainted with several other, seemingly irrelevant characters, the last previous tenants of this farmhouse: a father, a mother and their adopted Nigerian son. Review: Blue State Blues Meet the Black of Night in a Thrilling ‘Shipwreck’ 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Still, some Nigerians continue to style themselves in the name of free expression. What It Means to Dress in Lagos 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z A set of everyday Nigerian travelers board the last Flamingo Airways flight scheduled to fly from Lagos to Abuja on a fateful Friday night in 2006. Nollywood goes to Paris 2013-05-07T15:04:08Z Upon his return home, Kuti renamed his band Nigeria '70 and set about disrupting Nigerian politics through music. Chop & Quench brings Fela Kuti's 'The '69 L.A. Sessions' to life 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z It is a defining moment for the British actor of Nigerian origin in the biggest film role of his career, one that many critics believe will yield him a best actor Oscar nomination. In '12 Years a Slave,' all eyes on actor Chiwetel Ejiofor 2013-10-17T15:23:36Z A top gun on the Nigerian fashion scene, Folawiyo is known for her experimentation on a woven cotton fabric known as ankara. Tradition meets modernity at Nigeria fashion show 2011-03-13T16:16:04Z In March a portrait of a Nigerian princess that was lost for 40 years and found in London sold for $1.4 million. At Dakar Biennale, Africa's artists urged to seize chance 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Usually dark and loosefitting, the outfits deliberately lack the drama or extravagance with which some Nigerians present themselves; they are clothes that most would never wear. What It Means to Dress in Lagos 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Another of the unique Nigerian references now in the dictionary is “okada”, which stems from the massive traffic jams for which megacity Lagos is internationally notorious. Nigeria and the Oxford English Dictionary 'rub minds' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z It is a good Nigerian name, and my father was a good Nigerian, while I am floating in this space just outside. ‘Too African for Jamaica, Too Jamaican for America, Too American for Nigeria’ 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Well, by the Nigerian benchmark, the ministry must have loopholes. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z Pieces turn up in her paintings that are immediately recognizable to fellow Nigerians: a “Senator suit,” cabin biscuits, jerrycans, painted teakettles, braided hairstyles, clonette dolls. Njideka Akunyili Crosby Wants to Take it Slow, Despite Her Rapid Rise 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Born in Greece to Nigerian parents, Antetokounmpo and his brothers sold trinkets on the street to survive and grew up fearing deportation. Greece drafts NBA superstar Antetokounmpo to woo tourists 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The main narrative takes place in an American delivery room, as a Nigerian woman brings a child into the world, while texting an absent father and confronting a hard-nosed mother. Audiobooks to Get You Through the Most Distracted of Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z He was a nice man, one of the best Nigerian musicians ever. Nigeria mourns veteran singer Fatai 2013-06-13T10:57:38Z It’s about a young Nigerian man, a medical student in New York City, who returns home for a short visit. Ben Lerner’s '10:04,' Leslie Jamison's 'Empathy Exams' and More 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The Nigerian feature “Eyimofe” is about many different things — migration, exploitation, misogyny — but it’s primarily about money. ‘Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)’ Review: Always Hustling 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Most Nigerians' experience with acting are from over-the-top performances on television soap operas and Nollywood movies. 'Winter's Tale' by Shakespeare gets African reboot 2012-05-25T10:51:11Z Africa’s wealthiest businessman, the billionaire cement mogul Aliko Dangote, has donated significant sums to programs to build Nigerian small businesses, and he gave millions to help Nigerian flood victims. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Although the English curriculum closely followed Britain's, teachers also introduced works they considered relevant to their Nigerian students, such as Joyce Cary's African novels and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z But there are so many layers: the collaged materials she uses as background, taken from Nigerian popular culture, or portrait fabrics printed with people’s faces from her family’s weddings. The Nigerian artist who is exploding the myth of the ‘authentic African experience’ 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Of German and Nigerian extraction, he is rootless in New York. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-17T09:00:03Z I started eating Nigerian food, made by my father – so my diet changed completely, to the food of my heritage. Seal: ‘Heidi Klum cooked schnitzel for me. Just the once’ 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z International aid teams from the United States and the United Kingdom and an Israeli counter-terrorism team are assisting the Nigerian government in its search efforts. Boko Haram releases video claiming to show kidnapped schoolgirls, demands release of all militants held by the government 2014-05-12T13:52:00Z Is she British, Nigerian, or something in between? Andi Osho 2010-08-16T09:45:00Z One of the preliminary bureaucracies of a Yoruba wedding, increasingly adopted by other Nigerians, involves the family of the bridegroom delivering a letter to the family of the bride. The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “He was very Kenyan but also seemed as Nigerian, Ugandan, Senegalese and South African as the writers he sought out.” A Provocative Satirist Left a Pervasive Legacy, Influencing African Writing 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Advertisement Mr. Olaiya, now 84, is not only the most famous Nigerian exponent of high-life music but was a mentor to many of the later Lagos musicians. Running Deep, the Roots of King Sunny Adé 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The Nigerian city of Benin was crushed by a British "punitive expedition" in 1897, its palaces ravaged, their great works of art plundered to become curiosities in museums. Will anyone save Timbuktu from Islamist tomb raiders? 2012-07-02T11:56:11Z The first of those TV titles to debut new episodes in the United States, the Nigerian legal procedural “Castle & Castle,” arrived last week. Mo Abudu Isn’t Waiting for Permission 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z White South African novelists – such as the magnificent Andre Brink, who is also on this year's list – plus Indian and Nigerian authors often feature on British prize lists. Does the Booker longlist show that we're expanding our literary horizons? 2012-08-03T23:30:18Z In that book, Ifemelu, a Nigerian woman who leaves Africa to study in America, can’t have her first love join her because his visa application was rejected. Dread, War and Ambivalence: Literature Since the Towers Fell 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z "My mother's Nigerian but she lives in Ghana" omitted this fact: that she'd starved as a child, abandoned by her mother to fend for herself and her siblings on her grandfather's cocoa farm. Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z Yashere’s personable wit and experience as a British born child of Nigerian parents are both valuable assets sure to lend some genuine smarts and cultural accuracy to the writing. Smart Watch: 12 new TV shows to watch for this fall 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The U.S. mission in Nigeria said in a Tuesday statement that the show will debut May 21 on the state-run Nigerian Television Authority. 'Sesame Street' adaptation to debut in Nigeria 2011-05-10T17:02:00Z The menu features typical African dishes like springbok shank and Nigerian spice-rubbed beef cubes. South Africa Scores! 2010-06-05T02:17:00Z I am grateful that Bioh declined to interpolate that Nigerian terrorist group into the action. Review: In ‘Nollywood Dreams,’ a Star and an Industry Are Born 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Nigerians speak something called pidgin English, and I knew I didn’t want to write in pidgin English because even the very educated people speak pidgin English. For Her Debut, Abi Daré Confronts ‘Dreams and Intelligence That We Kill’ 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Miracle is set in Texas in an evangelical Nigerian church where the congregation has gathered to witness the healing powers of a blind pastor-prophet. Caine prize won by Tope Folarin's 'utterly compelling' short story 2013-07-09T10:43:36Z One guitarist—Dominic James—played bright, reiterative figures in the style of Nigerian highlife; the other—Lionel Loueke—made piercing electric sounds. A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z In “Sojourners,” an emotionally fervid and dramatically stolid play by Mfoniso Udofia for the Playwrights Realm, a Nigerian couple embrace and rebuff life in America. Review: ‘Sojourners,’ About Nigerians Assimilating to Life in the U.S. 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z All the more exciting, then, that the author’s first novel, “New York, My Village,” should feature a Nigerian encumbered by the legacy of his country’s 1967-1970 civil war. Review | In ‘New York, My Village,’ the long shadow of Nigeria’s civil war is impossible to escape 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z A 2009 novel about a friendship that blooms between two strangers, a Nigerian refugee and a recent widow from suburban London. The 10 hottest books at Seattle Public Library 2011-11-28T00:52:04Z And I also remember getting on a train full of Nigerians and other Africans and thinking: if I was an English person how would I feel? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: my new novel is about love, race... and hair 2013-04-06T23:05:05Z About a year before the couple met, Mr. Ogundipe’s mother had sent him a WhatsApp message telling him that she had been praying that he would bring home a Nigerian woman. Halfway Around the World, Their Paths Finally Crossed 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z I asked Balogun whether returning elites might portend improvements in Nigerian infrastructure and social welfare. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z The sale made it the highest-valued work of Nigerian modern art sold at auction. Nigeria's 'Mona Lisa' shown at home for first time since it resurfaced 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z I’m from Nigeria, so having a large Nigerian community meant that I never had to feel like I didn’t belong here. Chidera Eggerue Has Some Tips (and Hashtags) for Self-Love 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z "Nigerian food is lots of flavour, lots of tomato purée, rice, yam, beans… it's a whole load of stuff, really good." Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z “Calm Down,” by the Nigerian singer Rema, has been an international hit — more than 100 million plays on Spotify — since February. Britney Spears and Elton John’s Mash-up, and 8 More New Songs 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Though resplendent, they do not glimmer; the aluminum is dull and matte, and on most caps you can still see the brand names of Nigerian liquor companies like Castello or Headmaster. El Anatsui’s Monumental New Show Is an Act of Justice 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z He likes Nigerian food most, especially the country’s national dish, jollof rice, which is made with tomatoes and spices. For 9-year-old immigrant, chess isn’t just a game. It’s a life-changer. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z I basically got a lot of my start in comedy by doing mostly Nigerian weddings, Nigerian churches, Nigerian fashion shows. "Insecure" star Yvonne Orji is rewriting the immigrant narrative "one joke at a time" 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z I loved The Family for their portrait of the Adesina family and a nose at what the Nigerian community are up to in Hackney, east London. Strictly Kosher: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-07-08T23:07:25Z Howard asks her if she’s “Nigerian, or what?” and then praises her for being “sassy.” White guilt and “The Good Wife”: When good intentions about corporate diversity fall painfully short 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z As with many other dried, fermented seafood products, Nigerian crayfish are sold whole or ground and are bought as needed, for optimal freshness. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z While the author writes about a culture wholly different from her own, she does so not just with grace and compassion but with Nigerian songs, tales and myths. Perspective | The 10 books to read in October 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Erica Ogwumike, a basketball player for the Nigerian team and a student in medical school, gave a short overview of the “polyclinic,” where athletes can receive acupuncture, dermatology treatments, physiotherapy and more. The Olympics Are All Fun, No Games on TikTok 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Comedy Africans still popped up but they were generally benign, such as Dinka, the naive, portly, generally decent Nigerian in Ice Cube’s Barbershop series. Black Panther: does the Marvel epic solve Hollywood's Africa problem? 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z On May 24, the couple took part in a traditional Edo Nigerian ceremony at the Jack London Aquatic Center, also in Oakland. Cynthia Akagbosu, Nathan Swire 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Both the Nigerian government and the oba of Benin, whose family ruled the historical Kingdom of Benin from which they were looted, claimed that they owned the items. How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z For one thing, hers is peppered with Nigerian proverbs and it doesn’t have page numbers, allowing readers to start at any point that is relevant to them. Chidera Eggerue Has Some Tips (and Hashtags) for Self-Love 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Last month, the Horniman Museum, in London, held a ceremony to transfer ownership of 72 objects, including bronzes, to Nigeria’s government, and immediately returned six to Nigerian hands. How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “As is the case with a lot of Nigerians, and immigrant families in general, there were only three career options: doctor, lawyer and engineer,” she said. Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z He also wished the Nigerians luck with the presidential election set for Saturday. Broadway's 'Fela!' cast performs for Nigerian fans 2011-04-15T01:38:08Z There are millions of pictures of Nigerian brides on Instagram, many of them taken by talented artists who work as wedding photographers on the weekends, to pay their bills. The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Her recent memoir, Red Dust Road, details her search for her birth parents, her Nigerian father and Highlands mother. Guardian books podcast helps Jackie Kay to meet birth sisters 2011-08-16T10:48:36Z On his third album, “Sounds From the Other Side,” released in July, the Nigerian singer Wizkid finally took a leap, years in the making, toward crossover success. Wizkid, a Budding Star, Takes Afrobeats Worldwide 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The poet and novelist Jackie Kay turned memoirist last year with her book Red Dust Road, an account of her search for her birth parents: a white Scottish woman, and a Nigerian man. Edinburgh book festival podcast: Jackie Kay and Sebastian Barry 2011-08-15T10:02:00Z At Hills Kitchen, a new Nigerian restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the stew calls for rice. Nigerian Soups and Jollof Rice at Hills Kitchen in Brooklyn 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian artist and leading representative of the Oshogbo School, whose brightly colored, intricately patterned paintings evoked the world of Yoruba folklore and religion, died on June 16 in Ibadan, Nigeria. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67 2011-07-03T23:00:06Z Few Nigerians bought its wares and the dream of a national network of similar workshops failed to materialise. Danlami Aliyu obituary 2012-05-25T16:25:45Z Much of the village’s hardship dates back to the disruptive visit of a British missionary who was determined to teach the superiority of Christianity to Nigerian pagans. Books of The Times: ‘Foreign Gods, Inc.,’ by Okey Ndibe 2013-12-29T22:31:18Z Though Ms. Ejogo usually plays American characters, she was born in London, the daughter of a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. Carmen Ejogo of ‘True Detective’ Dangles in a Circus 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Femi struggles to adjust to his new life at school, where students mock him for being Nigerian, and at home, where he is lonely and doesn’t get along with his mother. ‘The Last Tree’ Review: Struggles of a New Life 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The night before they were married, they held a traditional Nigerian wedding ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Shenandoah, also in the Woodlands, with about 120 family members and friends. Halfway Around the World, Their Paths Finally Crossed 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Finances allowing, Nigerian weddings are densely peopled affairs spanning days or weeks, uncompromising in their opulence. The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Ada, a Nigerian girl who moves to Virginia, sees herself as an ogbanje—an Igbo spirit that often takes plural guises—born into a human body. The Best Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z With Akinbode Akinbiyi, a British citizen of Nigerian descent, we walk the streets of Lagos and the alleyways of Cairo, where pyramids loom like mirages. Philadelphia Offers a Full-Fledged Summer of African Art 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z As Ms. Hartman,50, a manager of international projects at COC Nederland, a Dutch L.G.B.T.I. advocacy group, entered a massive, crowded room, she felt relief when she spotted a Nigerian activist friend. Before They Wed, They Dated in Bahia, Dublin, Bangkok, Cape Town and Tulum 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z But those hard questions pushed her to write her first play: “The Grove,” about a Nigerian-American named Adiagha who tries to reconcile her American upbringing with her Nigerian heritage. Nine Plays, One Truth: Mfoniso Udofia on Her Immigrant Experience, and Ours 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z “Putting ‘vegan’ and ‘Nigerian cuisine’ together feels a little bit like I’m like doing something conscious,” he said. Connecting With West Africa’s Plant-Based Past 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “A Nigerian restaurant,” he says, a broad smile on his face. On and Off ‘Ted Lasso,’ Toheeb Jimoh Has Stepped Out of the Background 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The exhibition highlights the way Mr. Onobrakpeya blends Christian iconography with Nigerian characters and settings in his printmaking practice. At These American Museums, You Can Travel the World 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Now, however, Nigerian artists who once mainly imitated U.S. hip-hop proudly include African beats and their local languages on their own energetic songs. Nigerian hip-hop, long a copy, grows into its own 2011-05-04T10:39:08Z No need to use the stove to make easy-to-peel hard-boiled eggs, or the oven to make small quantities of her native Nigerian food like jollof rice or meat pies. How the Air Fryer Crisped Its Way Into America’s Heart 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The brand also released a merch collection alongside the partnership, featuring white and green detailing drawn from the colors of the Nigerian flag. Two Winter Olympics Underdogs That Have Already Won 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Pepper soup is the only traditional "drinking" soup in Nigeria, and though it is called pepper soup, its name hearkens more to its spiciness, for which "pepper" is the closest word in traditional Nigerian languages. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z I also like that, in Nigerian visual culture, the symbols work both as decorative elements and as a way to connect with the spiritual world. Diana Ajaita’s “Iya Ni Wura (Mother Is Gold)” 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Set in a small Nigerian town, this “dazzling, devastating story of coming-of-age and coming out” explores whether the blindness of a young man’s family to his gender identity led to his death. New in Paperback: ‘Homeland Elegies’ and ‘Friends and Strangers’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s more like a magnet, drawing on and realigning possibilities from across Africa and the African diaspora with a Nigerian sensibility. What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Falstaff is a lifelong Harlemite; the Pages are Ghanaian; and the Fords are Nigerian. Ankara Print Dresses? These Aren’t Shakespeare’s ‘Merry Wives.’ 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z She knew she wanted a traditional Nigerian wedding, but needed help executing the cultural elements of the ceremony, which took place on May 25 in Houston. The Fabric of Nigerian Weddings 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z One of his motivations was Cary's Nigeria-set novel Mister Johnson, which, though much praised by English critics, seemed to him "a most superficial picture of Nigeria and the Nigerian character". Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z This epic exploration of Nigerian Yoruba culture is a multi-authored show focusing on three sisters separated by a mischievous trickster and obliged to travel the world. 2013 theatre preview: Helen Mirren gets another crack at the Queen and Peter Pan meets Alice in Wonderland 2012-12-30T19:30:01Z However, these analogies can also overwhelm the particulars of the Nigerian context of the crisis. Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “The Nigerian government is saying, ‘Can somebody make a movie that will go to global mainstream theaters?’ ” Nollywood Seeks a Hit With ‘Doctor Bello’ 2012-09-23T03:17:19Z Four other Nigerians and one Sierra Leonean were also shortlisted for the prize. Caine prize won by Tope Folarin's 'utterly compelling' short story 2013-07-09T10:43:36Z The September issue includes an essay by a 17-year-old feminist poet, a profile of an agency that supplies androgynous models and photographs billed as “a visual story about Nigerian boys who wear dresses”. Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Nigerian singer 2 Face, known for his catchy, fast-paced pop song "Implication," claimed both the artist of the year and best male performer awards during the ceremony held in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos. Singer 2 Face wins MTV Africa artist of the year 2010-12-12T01:16:00Z “Even Nigerians and Africans can be in games.” Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z "Young Nigerians are now driving the art scene – they are becoming the biggest patrons of Nigerian art," she said. Africa's art flourishes as the newly wealthy wake up to its value 2013-07-10T21:29:37Z On my father's side, his mother was Jamaican; his father's Nigerian. Kwame Onwuachi: Inside the top chef’s culinary comeback story and the new film based on his life 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z "Welcome to Nollywood," a documentary about the Nigerian film industry, screens 2 p.m. Langston Hughes film fest opens with a gala screening 2011-04-28T20:10:05Z I consider myself a Nigerian who is comfortable in the world. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: my new novel is about love, race... and hair 2013-04-06T23:05:05Z But the acclaimed Nigerian writer’s “outlandish” plot points, such as a house that “runs away” from anyone who approaches, convey the angst of immigration. New in Paperback: ‘Walking on the Ceiling’ and ‘Good Husbandry’ 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Also, I’m Jamaican and Nigerian, so I grew up on knowledge of the ancestors or oral storytelling, fables. 'All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z And every so often, a spectral figure in ceremonial garb — a sort of spirit of place incarnate — shows up to roam Katrina Lindsay’s expansive indoor-outdoor set and chant forebodingly in the Nigerian language of Ibo. Reimagining Old Friends at the National Theater in London 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z And perhaps not surprisingly, it is doing so while bypassing actual Nigerian stars. The Playlist: Missy Elliott Reappears With a Boast, and Wire Returns With a Blast 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z I grew up in the Nigerian university town of Nsukka in the 1980s, reading a lot of British children’s books. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z A few sophisticated Nigerians drinking cocktails looked on bemused. How I met my real father 2010-05-22T23:01:00Z It isn't uncommon to see cows wandering unchaperoned around Nigerian cities. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Used clothing is smuggled into Nigeria, and in Lomé, Nigerians dominate the resale industry. Where’s That Jumpsuit From? It’s a Long Story 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z An Igbo wine-carry celebration, a traditional Nigerian wedding ceremony where the bride carries a cup of palm wine to the groom, was held on Sept. 28 at the Melville Marriott in Melville, N.Y. Julia Freling, ChiChi Madu 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Activists say Nigerians are becoming more health conscious. Vegans see green shoots in meat-loving Nigeria 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z She works mostly on paper, creating large-scale interiors that combine serene human figures with dense areas of collage and image-transfer that subversively evoke her Nigerian heritage. Join the queue 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Achebe writes spare, elegant sentences in English but it is a Nigerian English and often, more specifically, an Igbo English. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z The book is dedicated to the pioneering Nigerian curator Okwui Enwezor, who died before he could complete his contribution, but whose global engagement animates many of its other essays. Times Critics’ Top Art Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A combination of song, dance, sketches and soliloquies, this enlivening production traces the injustices under which Nigerian women live, before turning into a jubilant repudiation of misogyny. Hate, Hope and Healing at Under the Radar 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z In the song "Flawless," she included a portion of Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk, in which the novelist explains, "Feminism refers to the social, political, and economic equality of women." Beyoncé's "Homecoming" masterclass: Black intellectual tradition wrapped in a groundbreaking concert 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z In a small Nigerian town, the body of a young man turns up on the doorstep of his family’s home. His Family Misses Him. But Did They Ever Really Know Him? 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Narrator Adepero Oduye’s versatility with characters’ voices and her wonderful adeptness with various forms and manners of Nigerian speech add verisimilitude to this unusual story. Review | Three great audiobooks for your holiday drive 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Okpokwasili, who was born in New York to Nigerian parents, says she has wanted to “make stuff” since she was 7 years old. A Performance Artist Testing the Limits of Her Own Endurance 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z There is a lack of clarity around the minimum age requirement for hiring domestic workers and, as a practice that is deeply ingrained in Nigerian culture, it is often difficult to challenge. Beaten, raped and forced to work: why I'm exposing the scandal of Nigeria’s house girls 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z He wasn't a Briton of Greek origin at all, he was Nigerian. TV review: The Internet Romance Scam 2011-07-29T22:04:01Z The Nike Art Gallery is a four-story showcase of Nigerian art. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Once I changed that thought process, now we play music, Nigerian music, on YouTube and my kids love it. “I have kidney stones. My hair is falling out”: Wendy Osefo of "Housewives'" talks reality TV stress 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Babatunde is a poet, playwright, and fiction writer from the Nigerian state of Ibadan. Nigerian wins Caine Prize 2012-07-05T13:56:00Z He delivered so many lunches to the Nigerian Consulate, he decided in the spring of 2015 to station a food truck in front of it. Meals for (Mostly) Everyone at Divine Flavored Nigerian Food Truck 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Once they do, though, Ms. Okpokwasili’s mother likens her daughter’s style of movement to Nigerian dance, and gives a demonstration that’s both moving and revealing. Review: Okwui Okpokwasili’s ‘Bronx Gothic,’ From Stage to Screen 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z The energy and openness of the Nigerian music scene drew her home after years in London. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Jean Hill "I no be gentleman at all / I be Africa man original" My Nigerian father's music was the soundtrack to much of my childhood. Family life 2012-07-13T23:09:32Z In it, a Nigerian returns home for a visit and assesses the country and his life through a series of encounters with family and old friends. New York Times Critics on What They Want to See 2013-12-31T23:10:26Z Then he gradually switched to song, posting on the internet an odd mixture of bossa, samba, funk and Nigerian afrobeat, with thoughtful yet wide-ranging lyrics. Brazil is surfing a musical new wave that is now reaching Europe 2013-01-01T14:01:04Z Like Adichie, who lives part-time in the U.S., most of these Nigerian fiction writers live in Western countries for much of the year, returning home to Nigeria frequently where they also research and observe. Nigerian authors look West to gain their fame 2012-01-26T11:21:09Z Already the channel is receiving millions of views and generating considerable monthly advertising revenues while helping to promote legal distribution of Nigerian content. From farming to films: how the web is changing Africa 2012-08-25T23:05:58Z On Aug. 22, Rabbi Jeffrey Brown officiated, before 100 vaccinated guests, with a jazz band at the Tarrytown estate, and then celebrated with the Nigerian money-spraying tradition on the dance floor. Manhattan-Centric No More, at Least Online 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z My mother’s faith both revealed and masked her secret: revealed it through her astonishing intensity and passion; masked it in Nigerian culture, where ostentatious devotion is not unusual. My son was diagnosed with autism at five. Did he inherit it from my misunderstood mother? 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Ben Okri, the prizewinning Nigerian British author, has never been easy to define. It Took Nearly 30 Years. Is America Ready for Ben Okri Now? 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The tributes and obituaries that have poured in from various parts of the world should be a pointer to the younger generation of Nigerians. Chinua Achebe peered deep into the Nigerian psyche 2013-03-22T16:43:31Z It was critically lauded during its two runs at the National — where his latest work, an adaptation of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” set during the Nigerian civil war, also begins performances on Tuesday. ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ Gives Black Men Control of Their Story 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z In Houston and throughout other Nigerian enclaves, like Atlanta, New York and Baltimore, Nigerian wedding ceremonies are especially opulent. The Fabric of Nigerian Weddings 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Nigerian hip-hop artist Ice Prince was able to capitalize on the crowd’s progression during his following set. 'Genius Talks' and international acts offer fans ranging perspectives 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z I write this as a working-class, English punk rocker, who is happily married to a middle-class, Nigerian woman. Cultural diversity is a fact. Let's celebrate it together 2010-12-26T00:07:02Z “Now the concept of ogbanje isn’t considered real by Nigerians — and in general the idea of trans people isn’t considered real either.” The Coming of Age of Transgender Literature 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Fela merged Nigerian traditions with James Brown funk and late-1960’s jazz; devised a deep and burly horn-section sound; stirred in some politics; and came up with songs that simmer and seethe with patient defiance. Pop Picks for New Year’s Eve in New York 2013-12-26T23:11:43Z He became a senior research fellow at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and in 1971 he and a group of Nigerian academics founded Okike, an important journal for African creative writing and critical debate. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z Over a crisp Afrobeats groove with hints of Middle Eastern modes, besieged by sudden salvos of percussion, the Nigerian songwriter Tiwa Savage suavely mocks corrupt, immoral politicians. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Oliver Enwonwu, the artist’s son, is president of the Society of Nigerian Artists. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Another fresh voice is Nigerian author Suyi Davies Okungbowa, whose energetic “Son of the Storm” opens a new series set in a lush secondary world inspired by West Africa. Review | African speculative fiction is finally getting its due. Let’s talk about books to seek out. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Gangs such as the “Yahoo Boys” send e-mails from Nigeria, but Nigerians abroad are most effective. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z He championed the cause of Biafra's independence and was determined that the Igbo presence and perspectives should continue within the Nigerian nation. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z But all that new construction came with corruption, too, and many ordinary Nigerians resented the splashy expense in the face of more pressing needs. A Shining Moment of Pan-African Promise 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Wiley, 40, whose father is Nigerian, was raised along with four siblings in South Central Los Angeles by his African-American mother, who relied on welfare benefits and earnings from the family thrift shop. Obama Portraitists Merged the Everyday and the Extraordinary 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z And we hear from the Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka why, after decades on the front lines of his country's political battles, he has decided to retire from public life. Guardian Books podcast: Wole Soyinka, Kishwar Desai and Jason Wallace 2011-01-14T11:17:32Z Because Nigerians of her background are expected to become doctors or lawyers, art initially did not seem like an option for Sonariwo. From Lagos to Los Angeles, an African Art Gallery Arrives 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Entry to the Sacred Grove costs 500 naira for non-Nigerians and 200 naira for Nigerians. In Sacred Grove in Nigeria, Worship and Connection 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z She’s writing a three-issue arc of Marvel Comics’s Black Panther series, as well as a Marvel comic based on her character Ngozi, a Nigerian teenage girl who is “bonded to the alien symbiotic organism Venom.” Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The exhibition is the final installment of a project she began in 2016 that imagines two aristocratic Nigerian families joined by marriage. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The aim is to evoke the freewheeling atmosphere of the nightclub where Fela Kuti, the Nigerian singer and political figure, held court in his heyday. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Exploding Art of Set Design 2010-12-09T18:21:00Z “Mother Nature,” released in June, showcases a new generation of African talent, with contributions from the Nigerian pop giants Burna Boy and Mr. Eazi, the Zambian rapper Sampa the Great and more. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z But, judging by the number of Nigerian travelers arriving at the airport laden with branded carrier bags, shopping abroad is a favorite pastime. Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk 2012-11-14T10:36:25Z There might be a lot of genetic markers Nigerians share, for example, but that are not necessarily exclusive to them. ‘It made me question my ancestry’: does DNA home testing really understand race? 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z This prescriptive wish list reminds us of the gap between theory and practice in Nigerian politics; it makes you pine for the likes of Achebe to govern. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z He remembers many occasions where Nigerian police and military would raid the home. Seun Kuti: The sun always shines 2011-04-07T20:49:00Z Born in London to Nigerian parents, Tinie has always appreciated his food. Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z At least 65 people were killed in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu, Yobe state, in a spate of gun and bomb attacks in November. Islamist insurgents kill over 178 in Nigeria's Kano 2012-01-22T12:56:00Z The Nigerian Dwarf goats are professional party-goers, bringing their special brand of magic to city celebrations and starry soirees. Dwarf goats make the party scene in Los Angeles 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Muslim women walk past a sign prohibiting consumption of alcohol in Zamfara, at the border of the northeastern Nigerian state. Heaven on Earth: a Journey Through Shari'ah Law by Sadakat Kadri - review 2013-01-16T11:20:21Z Unfortunately, I gave my last $10,000 to another Nigerian prince. Perspective | He’s got some ‘smart replies’ for you, Gmail 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z And so just to hear those stories from Nigerians or from individuals who are from Italy who say, "I never knew Nigerian and Italian culture were so close." “I have kidney stones. My hair is falling out”: Wendy Osefo of "Housewives'" talks reality TV stress 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z While it isn't the star of the show, its perky presence is required in almost everything Nigerian that I cook, from stewed beans to grills. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z It may entice potential partners, but also advertisers, the global entertainment industry and the hostile Nigerian public. ‘The Legend of the Underground’ Review: Gay Activism in Nigeria 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The book closes with Jawando’s Nigerian father, whose absence originally challenged Jawando, then a young Black boy growing up in Maryland with a single white mother, to seek out other parental figures. Three Memoirs That Re-examine Challenges in Life and Identity 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z France’s former First Lady Valerie Trierweiler, meanwhile, took politics to the catwalk, using couture week as a platform to raise awareness for the missing Nigerian schoolgirls in the latest example of red-carpet activism. Theron, Penn dazzle Dior as fashion gets political 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z It's also catching an international reputation as Nigerians put more of their music online. Nigerian hip-hop, long a copy, grows into its own 2011-05-04T10:39:08Z According to a recent study by New World Wealth, the number of Nigerian millionaires is expected to reach 23,000 by 2017. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z COLE: Well, West Africans are definitely not too polite, and I daresay Nigerians are the least polite of all. Photographing the Unphotographable 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z A team of detectives is tasked with solving the murder of a Nigerian teenage girl and the disappearance of another young Nigerian woman, both of whom lived in a center for refugees seeking asylum. What’s on Monday: ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ and ‘Dancing with the Stars’ 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Nigerian peasants bend on one knee before them. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Although the stories are modest in scale and tread familiar horror territory, they were for me a terrific cinematic introduction to Nigerian urban legends and folklore. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z A host of dignitaries attended the funeral including Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. Thousands at author Achebe's funeral 2013-05-23T21:32:27Z He is so important in Nigerian culture, so important to my family, so important to me. Damson Idris Was Raised on ‘Def Comedy Jam’ and Bagel King 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z All three are the children of Nigerian immigrants. Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z But it is important to point out, as my Nigerian friends did, that at least corruption in Nigeria is out in the open. Naomie Harris: 'I want to play Elizabeth Bennet' 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z Born and raised in London, the son of Nigerian parents, Ejiofor was a natural entertainer from an early age. Chiwetel Ejiofor Was Asked to Play a Space Alien. He Knew What to Do. 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The Nigerian star was the coolest man there and, like his father, he carried a political message, too, representing a theme of the festival itself quite different from Harris. Femi Kuti at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T12:55:00Z The playwrights are emerging amid a rise in interest in African culture in the U.S. — including the work of contemporary Nigerian novelists as well as first-generation writers and artists. Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Though he is now more in touch with his Nigerian heritage, he never discussed the horrors of his childhood with his birth parents. ‘Farmed’ out to a white family, I became a skinhead: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on his first film 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Through her eyes we see both American attitudes about race and Nigerian immigrants’ nostalgia for home, even when Nigerian reality is not quite what they remember. Novels of the African Diaspora: A reading list 2014-04-30T21:32:43Z Nigerian museums have lent about 100 of the works for “Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria,” which opens on Sunday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Antiques: A Fantasy Movie House Is Saved From Extinction 2010-09-16T21:00:00Z He went to mission schools and to University College, Ibadan, and taught briefly before joining the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, where he was director of external broadcasting from 1961 to 1966. Grandfather of African literature, Chinua Achebe, dies aged 82 2013-03-22T17:37:06Z Actively Black announced its role as official outfitter for the Nigerian bobsled and skeleton teams for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Oct. Two Winter Olympics Underdogs That Have Already Won 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The second book by Iweala, the author of “Beasts of No Nation,” follows a teenager in Washington, D.C., as he reconciles his coming-of-age with the expectations of his Nigerian parents and their church. New in Paperback: ‘The Overstory,’ ‘Country Dark’ 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Nigerian death rites can be quite elaborate — even after a funeral, there is often a “second burial” with days of lavish celebration to ease the deceased person’s journey to the afterlife. Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z This coming-of-age story, narrated in pidgin by a “sassy, strong-willed” Nigerian girl who wants to be a teacher, opens with her father marrying her off to a polygamous, abusive taxi driver. New in Paperback: ‘Dirt’ and ‘The Night Watchman’ 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Bright collages crafted from old family snapshots and the pages of Nigerian lifestyle magazines depict intimate domestic scenes -- often the artist and her husband. Datebook: Surreal scenarios, art that mines data, light works by James Turrell 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Tensions simmered on the Nigerian side for years, and long before President Buhari’s announcement, there were hints that the process of return would not be straightforward. Who Owns the Benin Bronzes? The Answer Just Got More Complicated. 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z His soaring ambitions are part of what helped to persuade the Nigerian government to back him with the inaugural loan from the new entertainment fund. Nollywood Seeks a Hit With ‘Doctor Bello’ 2012-09-23T03:17:19Z Her father was a Nigerian university teacher of economics; her mother was an English nurse, and raised her in rural England after the couple divorced. 2010-02-06T00:53:00Z Or more specifically, a Nigerian immigrant grad student in a cowboy hat walks into a bar in Oklahoma. Kumail Nanjiani on ‘Little America’ and Hopeful Immigrant Stories 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Among those participating in the event will be the Dance Theater of Harlem and the Nigerian sound and video artist Emeka Ogboh. Spare Times for Sept. 19-25 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, hundreds of demonstrators, mostly female, marched through the rain to protest what they say has been a lack of action on the part of the Nigerian government to find and return the girls. Why is the media ignoring 200 missing girls? 2014-04-30T18:51:00Z In one room, I joined tourists who watched videos depicting scholars, artists, German and Nigerian curators, and representatives of the royal family in Benin City discussing the significance of restitution. When a Visit to the Museum Becomes an Ethical Dilemma 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “There are more avenues for Nigerian writers to express themselves now, and people are being more bold,” Mr. Ibrahim said. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z He has continued to write extensively and has published two books: “Sordid Rituals,” a book of poetry, and “Excuse Me: One Nigerian’s Funny Outsized Reality,” a compilation of essays. History and Humor Inspire Victor Ehikhamenor’s Art 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Even sadder, she sees in Nigerians who live in the states, as she does, an over-willingness to embrace their new country’s standards, particularly regarding race and ethnicity. ‘Americanah’: Africans’ struggle to become American 2013-05-29T22:19:25Z "Do I look like a Nigerian flight engineer?" Steve Reich on Schoenberg, Coltrane and Radiohead 2013-03-01T07:00:12Z The country's musicians fared well during the ceremony - Nigerian act P Square won for Best Group, Nigerian singer Sasha won as best female performer and Nigerian rapper Mo Cheddah won for best new artist. Singer 2 Face wins MTV Africa artist of the year 2010-12-12T01:16:00Z "But ultimately we focused on a love story and trying to provoke some kind of sentiment in your average Nigerian viewer." Boko Haram gets Nollywood treatment as Nigerian films imitate life 2013-07-04T15:58:08Z More than half the women in Botswana and one in eight Nigerian men are also obese, for example, while Egypt saw one of the fastest rises among women. Obesity: Africa’s new crisis 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z His lyrics, like Fela’s, juggle English and Nigerian languages and patois, as he offers African pride and straightforward history lessons along with tales of night life and romance. 5 Grammy Artists You Need to Hear 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z When she began working on a novel about well-meaning white people who are blind to their own bigotry, Okparanta, who is Nigerian American, realized the topic was explosive. A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z “Our project is to build the Nigerian and African market, and to build a market that’s more contained,” Ms. Shoneyin said. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The Nigerian soul/hip-hop/Afro-beat singer is a breath of fresh air. Nneka Egbuna on opening for Nas, and what fuels her music 2010-05-20T20:17:00Z “I think I’m more Irish than Nigerian, even if I have a Nigerian accent,” he said. ‘Artists Are Migrants’: A Nigerian-Irish Dancer’s Multiplicities 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z A French music executive late last year approached Audu Maikori, CEO of the Nigerian record label Chocolate City, to license a song. Nigerian hip-hop, long a copy, grows into its own 2011-05-04T10:39:08Z In the special, you utilize a Nigerian accent throughout. Yvonne Orji, the ‘Insecure’ Star, Returns Confidently to Stand-Up 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z D'Banj, the Nigerian pop star, headlined a show of African music at Irving Plaza on Sunday night. Music Review: D?Banj and Other African Stars at Irving Plaza 2012-02-22T23:24:21Z Ghana Must Go – named for the Nigerian phrase directed at incoming Ghanaian refugees during political unrest in the 80s – is one of the most hyped debuts of recent times. Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi – review 2013-04-03T08:00:04Z To help them navigate, they hired artists from the prosperous Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood. He Won $1 Million to Make a Movie. Then the Problems Set in. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z “The fact that the Chibok girls were kept for three and a half years is an embarrassment to the Nigerian government,” Edwards explained. Stolen daughters: what happened after #BringBackOurGirls? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z When we are on our own turf, the scam artists are as obvious as that so-called Nigerian prince offering you a cut of his inheritance. 10 common travel scams — and how to avoid them 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Oliver Enwonwu, the artist’s son, is president of the Society of Nigerian Artists. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, she was raised in Illinois, but spent holidays with her extended family in Nigeria. Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z They donned classic wedding attire for the ceremony and switched into ceremonial Nigerian outfits and headdresses, a nod to Emem’s heritage, for the reception. On Love: Erica Toliver and Emem Akpan went from tweethearts to sweethearts My Nigerian dad, who I've seldom seen cook, is big on things being clean and organized, so I asked him about his preparation practices. Washing meat is cultural, yet mandatory 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Akpan, who good-naturedly pokes fun at Ekong’s clumsy yet endearing attempts to squeeze all things Nigerian through an American filter, employs the same artifice in constructing his novel’s narrative. Review | In ‘New York, My Village,’ the long shadow of Nigeria’s civil war is impossible to escape 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z That very name, Ahamefule, turns into another trigger for deflating expectations, when Mr. Oluo meets a Nigerian in a bar who translates it for him correctly. Review: ‘Now I’m Fine,’ Ahamefule J. Oluo’s Take on Himself 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Crosby’s work evokes scrapbooks or patchwork quilts that synthesize her Nigerian and American cultures through layers of visual signifiers, historical references and personal memories. Njideka Akunyili Crosby Wants to Take it Slow, Despite Her Rapid Rise 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Open Cityby Teju Cole That honour belongs to Every Day is for the Thief, a novella about a young Nigerian man's return home to Lagos from New York. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z In order to break him into the London culture I took him to the Old Kent road for some Nigerian food and he loved it. Star Wars: the force awakens in London as thousands descend on premiere 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Producing more than 1,000 movies a year each, Bollywood, India’s Hindi film industry, and Nollywood, the Nigerian version, have long outpaced the California dream-makers who think they rule the world in Hollywood. Review: In ‘Nollywood Dreams,’ a Star and an Industry Are Born 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z And she does an excellent comedy Nigerian accent, which she's allowed to because her character's father is a Nigerian immigrant to Britain, and she's imitating him, in a fond, daughterly way. Blood and Oil and Panorama: Passports to Kill | TV review 2010-03-30T05:45:00Z The thoughtlessness with which these words are repetitively employed, offering an act of destruction as an inevitable good, is one enigma in Nigerian wedding culture. The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Somewhat incongruously, as part of a Miss Nigeria in America pageant, she wrote a five-minute set about ‘What’s funny about being Nigerian in America?’ Insecure’s Yvonne Orji: 'I’m 33 years old and I’m a virgin' 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z From taking in displaced Nigerians, to its trading with the Republic of Benin and its various peacekeeping missions, Nigeria is relevant to the future of Africa. Nigeria: Africa's superpower? 2010-06-10T11:00:00Z In September, Boyega severed ties with the London cosmetics brand Jo Malone after the company reshot, with a different brand ambassador, a video he had made that touched on his childhood neighborhood and Nigerian heritage. John Boyega isn’t going to ‘take the money and shush’ 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z He was probably the first to identify something that a few Nigerians are beginning to come to terms with, that our founding fathers were not all that great. Chinua Achebe peered deep into the Nigerian psyche 2013-03-22T16:43:31Z “To the West, this story is very much about the return of the Benin Bronzes,” Ilhenacho said, “but for most Nigerians, this is the beginning.” How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z To that end, he interweaves his own story with that of the Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who campaigned against destructive oil extraction on behalf of his Ogoni people. Amid Climate Talks, an Actor’s Call to Action Unfolds Onstage 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The next day, they said, officers brought them back to their hotel room, and took their passports, electronics and Nigerian currency worth more than $11,000 from the safe. How to Date a Lot of Billionaires 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z His father, who worked in a business that exported Nigerian food, began to openly question his faith after making a pilgrimage to Mecca and seeing things there he did not agree with. This Basketball-Loving Poet Resists Categorization 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z At the last Nigerian elections, D'Banj was courted by presidential candidate Goodluck Jonathan and filmed a video in support that was subsequently credited with ensuring his success. I'm with D'Banj 2012-06-23T22:30:01Z It’s a studio assemblage of British, South African, Nigerian, American and more musicians that recorded mostly in South Africa and England, produced by the English electronic-music duo Coldcut. Coldcut + Tony Allen and African Artists = Studio Electricity 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Torlowei’s ready-to-wear line focuses on lingerie and merges techniques that she learned working in Brussels with the aesthetics of her Nigerian birthplace. ‘The dress comes out of pain’: Patience Torlowei creates fashion from the highs and lows of modern Africa 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The Nigerian performer-composer’s impact on the psyche of his turbulent nation was as profound as his influence on contemporary world music. ‘Fela!’ musical captures complicated character 2013-05-29T22:58:00Z In 2019, a Nigerian television production company, Salt & Truth, released a heart-breaking trailer for an upcoming documentary called House Girls, which highlights the experiences and abuse of house girls in some Nigerian homes. Beaten, raped and forced to work: why I'm exposing the scandal of Nigeria’s house girls 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Kenya and Burkina Faso are active in prosecuting FGM cases, while nearly a sixth of the estimated 125 million women living with FGM are Nigerian. Africa can end 'child abuse' of FGM by 2035: activists 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z When Ms. Bakare-Yusuf co-founded Cassava Republic in Abuja in 2006, her primary goal was to publish Nigerian writers who had gained stature in the West but weren’t being read at home. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The Nigerian global health scholar Obijiofor Aginam has written that “enormous sacrifices must then be made by the developed world to confront mutual vulnerability”. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Ogunbanwo’s portraits, similarly, serve as an exposé on the dignity of the bride in Nigerian culture. The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “My outfits were all custom-made by Nigerian designers,” Ms. Adewale-Sadik said. Real Wedding Day Looks 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Accessing Nollywood films via piracy or local screening venues will continue to be, at least in my view, the key strategy adopted by the largest percentage of Nigerian viewers. What Netflix’s involvement in Nigeria’s massive film industry really means 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z On Jan. 22, they had a traditional Nigerian wedding celebration in Dallas. Playing Sidekick, Each Found Their Soul Mate 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The sisters’ lives changed abruptly 10 years ago, when Jyoti, fresh out of college, met a Nigerian petroleum magnate. How to Date a Lot of Billionaires 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z D.C. is, I think, the second biggest hub for Nigerians. "Insecure" star Yvonne Orji is rewriting the immigrant narrative "one joke at a time" 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z “London is such a diverse community, and art is a fantastic way to engage everyone regardless of race, class or gender,” said Mr. Shonibare, a Nigerian now based in London. Setting Sail From Trafalgar Square 2010-06-01T10:00:00Z So, the film represents the collective experiences of British Nigerians coalesced into one experience. "It's a quiet revolt": Filmmaker on how "The Last Tree" moves between Black and white spaces 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Born of a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother, he read law at Cambridge and served as president of the famed Footlights Dramatic Club. Submarine: From Teen Angst to Pure Delight 2011-06-03T10:05:00Z Yet it leaves us unsurprised to learn that a million people attended Fela’s Nigerian funeral. ‘Fela!’ musical captures complicated character 2013-05-29T22:58:00Z She found a Nigerian woman believed to be the last person using the traditional handwork process of making adire, a fabric with an indigo-dye pattern. Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk 2012-11-14T10:36:25Z “I’m very proud to be Irish. I’m very proud to be Nigerian. I’m very proud to be me.” ‘Artists Are Migrants’: A Nigerian-Irish Dancer’s Multiplicities 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z And with the hardwood moral messages and Christian values propagated by many Nigerian films, they have a consolidated sense of their audience's identity – the very meaning of mainstream. Why Nigeria's film industry can't yet square up to Hollywood 2012-08-21T16:37:51Z As personal as they are, the works also speak to cultural appropriation, presenting Nigerian traditions as if Russian nesting dolls. Njideka Akunyili Crosby: The painter in her MacArthur moment 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Eric does what he's told but he meets a gay Nigerian photographer at a family member's wedding and he takes him to an underground LGBTQ+ party. On "Sex Education," Ncuti Gatwa's Eric always shines, even in a disappointing final season 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, Ms. Okpokwasili grew up in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx, which she describes as “kind of a mellow, nice place” bordering more marginal areas. January Stages: In Your Seat but on Your Toes 2014-01-02T23:10:17Z “If you’re Nigerian, marriage is the Super Bowl for Nigerian mothers.” And, Now, for Their 15th Wedding Together 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z In 1995 Colin Powell, a retired American general, said that Nigerians were “scammers” who “tend not to be honest”. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z It is presented using colourful graphics and features Igbo phrases and proverbs from Eggerue’s Nigerian mother. Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Nigerian officials said “several documents which purportedly authorized their sale and export were forged,” Ms. Reed said. Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Returns Art Works to Nigeria 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The story describes the harrowing experiences of a young Nigerian woman who contains several distinct selves. Review | Like ‘Freshwater,’ Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel, ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ explores lives outside society’s expectations 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The mothers “hung around the same Nigerian community,” Mr. Onuoha said. Bible Study Brought Them to the Altar, Where They Shared Their First Kiss 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Leaves are still used in the Nigerian countryside to package food. Nigeria’s street food adds to the plastic problem — green leaves offer a solution 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The Nigerian superstar Burna Boy juggles regrets, justifications and resentments as he sings about a romance wrecked by career pressures, drawing nervous momentum out of a strumming, fluttering sample from Toni Braxton. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The update also includes Nigerian singer Wizkid, who appears on the song and video. Like mother and father, Blue Ivy Carter now a Grammy nominee 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z By the end of “Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True,” from the Nigerian company iOpenEye Ltd., the brightness radiating from its all-female cast has the glare and heat of a raging bonfire. Hate, Hope and Healing at Under the Radar 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He is accused of paying two Nigerian brothers $3,500 last January to stage a hate crime against him. Smollett fights charges in alleged hoax 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z There's plenty to think about if the Nigerian city of 16 million tightly packed inhabitants is the ultimate expression of modern urban living. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z "You could get a cheap ticket if you went to some place in east London and got some ticket that said you were a Nigerian flight engineer," he frowns. Steve Reich on Schoenberg, Coltrane and Radiohead 2013-03-01T07:00:12Z Osidele, 32, said that while many Nigerians still view eating meat as a status symbol, and indeed part of God’s plan, some are reconsidering. Vegans see green shoots in meat-loving Nigeria 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z She added, in another, “We did not choose who colonized us. As ever, this film and many like it, is proudly Nigerian.” Nigeria’s Oscar Hopes Are Dashed Over English Dialogue in ‘Lionheart’ 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z It is unclear how the Nigerian government intends to proceed. Nigerian president reportedly backed out of deal that would have freed abducted schoolgirls 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z But when frustration with the Nigerian educational system and its campus strikes prompts her to go overseas, the book gets a hefty new infusion of topics for cultural critique. Books of The Times: ‘Americanha,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013-05-19T20:26:59Z This explosion in mobile telephony preceded, and in many ways caused, an explosion in the number of Nigerians using the internet as a tool to communicate and to do business. From farming to films: how the web is changing Africa 2012-08-25T23:05:58Z Netflix is aware of this problem and is investing in infrastructures to secure a better connection for its Nigerian audiences. What Netflix’s involvement in Nigeria’s massive film industry really means 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Featuring essays by Zadie Smith and others, this illustrated tale by a Nigerian American artist renders in charcoal, pastel and pencil two elite families in a Nigeria untouched by colonialism and the slave trade. Newly Published, From James Baldwin to a Life-Changing Dog 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In thirteen years of the Prize, this is the fourth time it has been won by a Nigerian writer. Nigerian wins Caine Prize 2012-07-05T13:56:00Z Nigerian writer Oyinkan Braithwaite’s first novel is set in Lagos and, as its startling title suggests, it revolves around two sisters — one good, one not so much. Review | Three great audiobooks for your holiday drive 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z At National Sawdust, she debuts “Intimate Strangers,”a new suite mixing music with spoken word, in collaboration with the Nigerian writer Emmanuel Iduma. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z In 1975 the Nigerian novelist delivered a lecture, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness,” which was then published as an essay. The Contradictions of Joseph Conrad 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s about a young Nigerian, also a psychiatry student in New York, who returns home to Lagos for a short visit. Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Nigerian novelist and outspoken feminist, drew criticism from transgender activists after suggesting that the experiences of transgender women are different from women whose gender was assigned female at birth. Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie angers transgender community 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z To that end, in June he shared the column he writes in the Oxford American magazine with the Nigerian writer and cook Tunde Wey. A Powerful, and Provocative, Voice for Southern Food 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Apart from the lite Afrobeats number “Fountains,” with the feathery Nigerian singer Tems, most songs here hew to the familiar narcotic synths and claustrophobic samples that underlie much of his music. Drake, in Search of an Enemy Besides Himself 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z A beautiful Nigerian murderer gets some body-disposal help from her sister, a nurse. 50 notable works of fiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z In her traditional Nigerian Igbo culture, it is the wife's duty to produce children, most importantly a son. Night Dancer by Chika Unigwe - review 2012-08-03T21:55:05Z Soon after taking the stage, the Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie brought up the brutal attack on Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed onstage last month at a literary event in upstate New York. At PEN America, a Complicated Centennial for Free Speech 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z While this allegation was entirely untrue in its specifics, in a wider sense his work has always been closely informed by, and intertwined with, Nigerian politics as well as with its culture, history and literature. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z With the perilously stuffed documentary “Finding Fela,” the director, Alex Gibney, tries to reckon with this audacious child of the Nigerian elite who courted execution with his brickbats, and megalomania with his extravagance. ‘Finding Fela,’ From Alex Gibney 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z As punishment for his relentless criticism of his country’s military dictatorship in raplike tunes and public statements, the brutal Nigerian regime is plaguing Fela with multiple arrests, constant surveillance, and much, much worse. ‘Fela!’ musical captures complicated character 2013-05-29T22:58:00Z With the Nigerian president, I expect there will be no luck with fiction either. Chigozie Obioma: By the Book 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z One young, trafficked Nigerian had a very upsetting story. The Media Show; London Street Cries; The Surgery With Aled 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z The film opens with the Nigerian rebels piling up cars and taking hostages in the 2nd Street tunnel in downtown Los Angeles in broad daylight. Well-intentioned 'Black November' tends to overreach 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “And No Longer at Ease” transcended the story of an educated young Nigerian struggling with the pressure of new urban expectations in Lagos, and became the story of my father’s generation. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z I consider myself Nigerian and American, both identities are integral to who I am. Caine prize won by Tope Folarin's 'utterly compelling' short story 2013-07-09T10:43:36Z “This country has the biggest G.D.P. in Africa,” one oil industry expat said at the Lagos Yacht Club, a hangout where British and Nigerian sailors sip gin and tonics. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Nigerian food is a fundamental part of his life. Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z The Nigerian publishing house Cassava Republic acquired international publication rights to the novel, and released it in South Africa, Kenya, Germany, Britain and earlier this year in the United States. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Guglielmi confirmed that the men were brothers and of Nigerian descent, and that at least one of them had previously worked on “Empire.” How the Jussie Smollett case unfolded, from his initial police report to his eventual arrest 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z That brought her to an earlier instance of Nigerian women’s resistance, the Women’s War of 1929, in which thousands of Ibo women from southeastern Nigeria opposed the threat of taxes from British colonizers. An Artist Who Blurs Bodies and Genres in Protest 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z First insanity came for Diane’s partner Adrian, and then it came for her loyal employee, the son of Nigerian immigrants. Forget civility: On “The Good Fight,” “Luke Cage” and “Dietland,” resistance means go... 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z I'm pleased to say I proved them right as I went on to become a brilliant foreign correspondent, until a stray Nigerian bullet put paid to that part of my career. Digested read: When One Door Closes by Peter Sissons 2011-02-07T21:29:00Z “The Nigerian antiquities in the Teel bequest left their country of origin very recently, when Nigerian legislation was in place regulating their export,” Ms. Reed said. Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Returns Art Works to Nigeria 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Nigerians are not alone in their pursuit of fancy locks. In Africa, haircare becomes a multi-billion dollar industry 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z “I became emotional about amputees,” said Amanam, who is also Nigerian. Nigerian artist makes dark skin prosthetics to boost patients' confidence 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z In interviews, he has said that coming out is an ongoing process with his parents, who are staunch Nigerian Catholics. Kele Okereke 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z Born in London to a Nigerian mother and Brazilian father, Seal was immediately placed with foster parents in Essex. Seal: The reluctant pop star 2010-09-16T22:00:00Z Every Nigerian general must retire to his farmhouse someday. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z At the same time, the Nigerian government denied visas to Mormon missionaries. Mormons confront a history of Church racism 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z “It has to,” said Godshelter Oluwalogbon, the chef behind the Divine Flavored truck, which parks weekdays in front of the Nigerian Consulate, a few blocks east of Grand Central Terminal. Meals for (Mostly) Everyone at Divine Flavored Nigerian Food Truck 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “This is a very significant discovery, given my father’s contribution to Nigerian art and African art, more broadly,” he told Reuters in Lagos. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Boko Haram released a video on Monday that the militant group claims shows the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls praying and talking in an undisclosed location. Boko Haram releases video claiming to show kidnapped schoolgirls, demands release of all militants held by the government 2014-05-12T13:52:00Z There are docs on Nigerian women who protest against oil companies by threatening to strip naked, plus various art and children's events. This week's new film events 2013-05-04T05:00:13Z The film has provoked “an outpouring” not only from his immediate family but from hundreds of other Nigerian British children who experienced something similar. ‘Farmed’ out to a white family, I became a skinhead: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on his first film 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z He was a resident of London when he completed his handwritten manuscript for "Things Fall Apart," a short novel about a Nigerian tribesman's downfall at the hands of British colonialists. Agent: Author Chinua Achebe dies at 82 2013-03-22T12:37:10Z The great Nigerian musician King Sunny Ade returns to the U.S. for the first time since 2009. World music royalty: King Sunny Ade to play the Triple Door 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z It is the base oil for most of my cooking and grounds most of my Nigerian soups and stews. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z I went to stay with a Nigerian friend – from a similar background to Alice. Naomie Harris: 'I want to play Elizabeth Bennet' 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z After the Nigerian girl was jailed for killing her husband, protesters wrote letters to the state government in Kano, where the girl was being held. The Limits of “Message Movies” about Africa 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z In 1977, his Lagos compound was burned down, and his activist mother killed, in a Nigerian army raid. Get-up-and-dance ‘Fela!’ coming to Seattle May 28-June 2 2013-05-22T23:12:41Z This enthralling second book about Sunny, an albino Nigerian girl who can do magic, has her mastering her powers to save the world from apocolyptic doom. Notable Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z They discussed their different backgrounds — “I’m a black American descended from slaves, and he’s Nigerian American” she explained — and their different experiences attending George Washington University, where she went, and Howard. Date Lab: Would his age make or break the date? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Teju Cole is a young Nigerian writer based in New York, and though his narrative lacks plot his journeys on foot through the city are a consistently fascinating trawl through time, space, memory and imagination. Leo Hollis's top 10 books about cities 2013-04-26T07:37:40Z Instead of Chaucer’s knight, merchant and monk, Smith has characters you might see walking down Kilburn High Road, including a Nigerian pastor and a Polish bailiff. Zadie Smith’s First Play Brings Chaucer to Her Beloved Northwest London 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Few can match his lifetime’s worth of stories, which he can still recall, such as one from his four years with Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji. Marshall Allen is 96 years old and still leading one of the most visionary jazz groups of all time 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Of Nigerian and British parentage, Evaristo was the first black woman to win the prize, which honours “the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland”. Booker Prize winner Evaristo hopes to build ties with African and British readers 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Material made of lace is also popular for many Nigerian brides across tribes, as are other textiles like silk and tulle, embellished with hand-stitched beads, stones and pearls tailored painstakingly to a bride’s taste. The Fabric of Nigerian Weddings 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Its director and producer, Tony Abulu, and his financial backers say the film, “Doctor Bello,” has the potential to chart a new direction for the booming Nigerian film industry half a world away. Nollywood Seeks a Hit With ‘Doctor Bello’ 2012-09-23T03:17:19Z The removals are probably a result of the Nigerian government’s declaration that Ogebe is not their guardian, a turn of events which he claims was politically motivated by his work in human rights. The Battle For the Chibok Girls Who Came to the U.S. 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z And how significant will its impact on the Nigerian film industry be? What Netflix’s involvement in Nigeria’s massive film industry really means 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Born in Manchester, England, in 1968, to Nigerian parents, he emerged with the group of Young British Artists led by Damien Hirst who heated London’s art scene in the early 1990s. ‘Chris Ofili: Night and Day,’ a Survey at the New Museum 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z These eight books by Nigerian storyteller Atinuke center on a curious, energetic young girl who lives with her large extended family. These books can help build strong girls — and boys — for today’s world 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The letter referred to a panel conversation on a previous agreement it had made with the Nigerian Cultural Ministry about returning and loaning artworks. Amid Criticism and Seizures, the Met Sets Plan to Return Looted Art 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z And I said, well, now I've got a British Nigerian actor. "The Outsider": Crafting Stephen King's suburban horror despite a New York state of mind 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Another tiny shop, the African Waistcoat Company, offered classically tailored vests with a twist: they were made from Nigerian cloth in colorful Yoruba patterns. Frugal Traveler: London, This Time Following in More Mature Footsteps 2011-04-05T20:00:38Z “Nigerians are expressive and proud. Looking good is good business.” T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Partly because of Kwali's worldwide recognition, the centre was regarded by the Nigerian government as a cultural asset. Danlami Aliyu obituary 2012-05-25T16:25:45Z A DVD shop at the Nigerian film market in Lagos. Nigeria's entertainment industry eager to make pirates part of sea change 2012-12-14T07:00:01Z As more young Nigerian debut authors rise to global prominence, the diversity and range of the country’s fiction is on full display. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z He highlighted the ordinary man's grievances in songs like "Everything Scatter," which was banned by the Nigerian government. Nigerians at home get 1st glimpse of 'Fela!' 2011-02-06T22:38:09Z “The success of a Nigerian writer shouldn’t depend on their success in the West.” A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z No other ingredient — with its slightly vegetal flavor and incredibly buttery texture — so perfectly captures the essence of Nigerian cooking, for me. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Boyega’s father’s Pentecostal church was a hub of the local Nigerian community. John Boyega: ‘I’m very direct. I can’t lie’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Indeed the number of registered Nigerian dwarf goats, beloved for their size and frisky good nature, has increased 7.5 percent in three years, according to the American Goat Society. The Year of the Goat 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z "Later, I heard that's what they were looking for: the average Nigerian girl with a tattoo who people will misjudge, thinking she's the bad girl," Igho said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Africa's 'Big Brother' again sees Nigerian winner 2011-09-06T21:43:15Z In a nation dominated by Afrobeats, the 26-year-old who calls herself the “Nigerian Rock Goddess” is trying to change long-held perceptions that rock is something alien to her country’s music scene. Nigeria's 'Rock Goddess' wants to change people's minds 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Though he abhors violence, Achebe cites these as evidence of the quality of the Nigerian people, and he laments the corruption that strangled such ingenuity. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z Raised in the Bronx by Nigerian immigrant parents, Okpokwasili has collaborated with the conceptual artist and choreographer Ralph Lemon and appeared in films including “I Am Legend.” | A Bronx Schoolyard Rivalry, Told Through Dance 2014-01-15T23:24:40Z More dramatically, “Americanah” takes Obinze to London, where he does the lowest menial work, tries to enter into a sham marriage to an Englishwoman and watches Nigerian friends show off in ridiculously upscale British ways. Books of The Times: ‘Americanha,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013-05-19T20:26:59Z "Professor Achebe will live forever in the hearts and minds of present and future generations through his great works," Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said in a statement. Grandfather of African literature, Chinua Achebe, dies aged 82 2013-03-22T17:37:06Z The September issue includes an essay by a 17-year-old feminist poet, a profile of an agency that supplies androgynous models and photographs billed as “a visual story about Nigerian boys who wear dresses”. Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z When Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February last year, martial law meant that Hutsuliak couldn’t leave, while Kehinde, a Nigerian citizen originally from Lagos, could. Undaunted by Air Raids, a Ukrainian Duo Gets Ready for Eurovision 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Some might call this supremacism, but Achebe is ultimately a Nigerian patriot who sympathises with ordinary Igbos, rather than any broad Igbo power structure. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z In August, Knopf published Ayobami Adebayo’s debut novel, “Stay With Me,” a portrait of a Nigerian couple struggling with infertility, whose marriage is strained when his conservative family pressures him to take a second wife. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z That same mural also mentions the Nigerian city Lagos, a reference to a scene from “Captain America: Civil War” when Wanda accidentally destroyed a building full of Wakandan civilians while trying to disarm a bomb. ‘WandaVision’ Fills In Gaps in Marvel History 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z But the younger Mr. Kuti’s status as a mainstream celebrity in his native Nigeria — he has been a judge on “Nigerian Idol” — hasn’t made his lyrics any less fiery. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Modern-day slavery is not just a Nigerian problem; it is a global one. Beaten, raped and forced to work: why I'm exposing the scandal of Nigeria’s house girls 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z He was desperate to solve the problem of counterfeit and fake medicine that was killing so many Nigerians, and asked her to help. The Nigerian artist who is exploding the myth of the ‘authentic African experience’ 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Nigerian art covers four stories of walls in the space. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Importantly, he says, Nigerians show unusual agility in business and have strong social skills. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In both “The Power” and “Ted Lasso,” Jimoh plays a Nigerian. On and Off ‘Ted Lasso,’ Toheeb Jimoh Has Stepped Out of the Background 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Maki Oh is a successful Nigerian designer who incorporates traditional dying techniques and layers local stories and meanings into her line. Where’s That Jumpsuit From? It’s a Long Story 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z It set an auction record for a Nigerian modern work at auction last year, selling for $1.67 million. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z But is the Benin plan — a new museum filled with loans — a more practical solution than a full-scale return, long called for by many Nigerians and by some activists? This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z It appears to have escaped the attention of critics because it was published in 2007 by Cassava Republic, a small Nigerian company. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z After all, she’s a Jewish British actress of Nigerian descent who had never been on Broadway before. Meet 4 breakout winners from the Tony Awards 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z They represent the “godfathers,” or bosses, who dominate Nigerian politics. Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z "My book is only available in five Nigerian cities and only a handful of bookshops in those cities," Nwaubani said. Nigerian authors look West to gain their fame 2012-01-26T11:21:09Z The former acknowledges the pioneering spirit of Ginger Baker, whose post-Cream group Air Force included members of Nigerian rock bands Cluster International and the Afro-Collection. Sean O'Hagan 2010-06-26T23:15:00Z Another book, a collection of short stories titled "The Thing Around Your Neck," recounts the experiences of Nigerian characters living at home and abroad. Nigerian authors look West to gain their fame 2012-01-26T11:21:09Z Lanny Smith, the founder of Actively Black, an athleisure brand, does not take his new partnership with the Nigerian Bobsled and Skeleton Federation lightly. Two Winter Olympics Underdogs That Have Already Won 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z "I think we are pushing the limits of Nigerian films," Amanfo added. Boko Haram gets Nollywood treatment as Nigerian films imitate life 2013-07-04T15:58:08Z At their wedding, they changed into Asoebi, traditional Nigerian dress for the reception, at which West African food was served and Afrobeat music played. Choosing to be in Each Other’s World 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z As the Germans signaled they were moving toward restitution, obstacles remained on the Nigerian side. How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z A dessert of corn and goat’s milk pudding was served with piles of tangy magenta tapioca pearls made with Nigerian hibiscus, familiar to anyone who knows the drinks zobo, sorrel or sobolo. A Chef Tells the Story of the Slave Trade Through Dinner 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z I’ve never seen a horror movie from Nigeria, so I’m glad I stumbled across this anthology of films written and directed by three filmmakers from the Nigerian cinema collective Surreal16. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z What draws you to Nigerian textiles and symbology, in particular? Diana Ajaita’s “Iya Ni Wura (Mother Is Gold)” 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z In the second video we see the Nigerian, now in London, being interviewed by a white filmmaker who is considering using him in a project about Africa. 2010-01-08T04:33:00Z "These things tend to resonate with Nigerians because they are really happening," she said. Boko Haram gets Nollywood treatment as Nigerian films imitate life 2013-07-04T15:58:08Z Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP Movie lovers hunt for the latest Nigerian films in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, and Guangzhou's Little Africa; Nigerian songs play in clubs from London to Kuala Lumpur. Nigeria's entertainment industry eager to make pirates part of sea change 2012-12-14T07:00:01Z Born in the US in 1975 to Nigerian parents, he was raised in Nigeria and now lives in Brooklyn. Teju Cole's top 10 novels of solitude 2011-08-24T11:45:07Z Growing up here as the daughter of Nigerian parents, she found herself being asked mind-boggling questions about the time she spent in Africa, including whether she danced around a fire or lived in a tree. Mo Abudu Isn’t Waiting for Permission 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “The Nigerian blend did not get one aphid on it, and they were planted right next to the American blend, which was covered in aphids,” Else reported. Fresno’s Freedom School is changing the narrative on farming for black youth 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z It's not just cognac that Nigerian top buyers want. Luxury brands target Nigeria's wealthy elite 2012-03-22T10:37:32Z The 43-year-old artist, whose father is Nigerian and mother is African-American, is best known for his portrait of President Barack Obama. Kehinde Wiley on Protests’ Results: ‘I’m Not Impressed Yet’ 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The dance floor’s famous sound system booms with a sound piece by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh — an aural pastiche of Lagos street noise, rather than thumping techno. While Berghain Is Closed, There’s Art on the Dance Floor 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z The languages used are mainly Nigerian, with a predominance of Nigerian Pidgin English, as vocalists either sing, rap, or blend a combination of the two. Nigerian hip-hop, long a copy, grows into its own 2011-05-04T10:39:08Z When Tope Folarin, who was born in Utah to Nigerian parents, won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2013, there was some controversy over whether he qualified as an African writer. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z But the movie’s almost shallow appeal to aesthetics is not disconnected from the political agenda of gay Nigerians. ‘The Legend of the Underground’ Review: Gay Activism in Nigeria 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Wealthy Nigerian women only went to Nigerian designers for traditional gowns and headdresses needed for formal affairs. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z “I decided that the Nigerian had learned British English, which made it more distinct from the French-inflected Haitian dialect, who would more likely be speaking American English,” he said. As Audiobook Market Grows, Narrators of Color Find Their Voice 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The atrocity of Boko Haram’s kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls is described with piercing clarity in “The Chibok Girls: Our Story,” which is getting a brief U.S. premiere this week at Georgetown University. Review | ‘Nobody wants this story told’: Nigeria’s Renegade Theatre makes U.S. debut with ‘Chibok Girls’ 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z They’re from a Nigerian culture that has no interest in spaceships and all that nonsense. In New ‘Star Wars,’ Daisy Ridley and John Boyega Brace for Galactic Fame 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The stylish young women she saw were wearing traditional Nigerian fabrics and going to Nollywood films made by and starring Nigerians. The Art Market Pounces on Its Next Big Star. Now She Has to Hold On. 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Beneath the giant corrugated iron roof is a shabby stage, a sprawl of picnic tables and market stalls, and young Nigerians playing pool or leaning at a bar watching West Bromwich Albion. Fela Kuti musical moves to Nigeria 2011-03-04T12:57:01Z Ike is desperate enough to believe that Gruels will pay big money for Ngene, the powerful war god that presided over the Nigerian region where he was raised. Books of The Times: ‘Foreign Gods, Inc.,’ by Okey Ndibe 2013-12-29T22:31:18Z It tells the story of a Nigerian woman who moves to the US to pursue a college education. Debut writers dominate Baileys list 2014-04-07T18:15:07Z Profoundly disappointed by this turn of events, Achebe left his job at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation in Lagos and returned with his family to the south-east, now calling itself the Republic of Biafra. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z Bigger kids were trying out their first skateboards in a small skatepark, and members of the city’s Nigerian community playing pick-up soccer games offered to let me join in. My Hidden Prague 2012-11-16T15:37:22Z About 400 people crowded into the New Afrika Shrine for Nigerians' first glimpse of the award-winning musical. Nigerians at home get 1st glimpse of 'Fela!' 2011-02-06T22:38:09Z She should have done her homework well, so as to know the ways of Nigerian cabinet members better. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z “Half of a Yellow Sun” I read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, which takes place against the backdrop of the Nigerian civil war, after I was offered to play a role in the movie. John Boyega Won’t Let Go of ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Coming to America’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Raised in Alabama by Nigerian parents, Okeowo spent time in Africa, first in Uganda as a newspaper intern and then as a Nigeria-based reporter. Amid African Extremism, a Writer Finds an ‘Ordinary and Rare Kind of Bravery’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z It focuses on his life as a boy whose Nigerian parents “farmed” him out to a white, working-class family in Tilbury, Essex, in the hope of giving him a better future. Kate Beckinsale on her role in Farming: 'If the parent is 100% evil, it's almost less damaging' 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z When galvanised into action, Nigerian troops acted brutally towards villagers in the north-east of the country, abducting and killing those suspected of supporting Boko Haram. Bringers of sorrow 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z About a week after Davido’s meetings in Abuja, Nigerian soldiers shot and killed peaceful protesters in the Lekki neighborhood of Lagos. The Afrobeats Star Davido, an Upbeat Voice in a Turbulent Time 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Monti spoke to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, whose special forces made up most of the attack force, on Thursday to demand a "complete reconstruction" of the operation. Italian president condemns botched British raid in Nigeria 2012-03-09T13:57:06Z Almost 20 years later, the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explained that her decision to be a beauty ambassador was in part to remind society that women can have a multiplicity of interests. Perspective | Dior was part of the patriarchy. Then she changed everything. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Emezi, who is Nigerian, conjures the African oral tradition with sweeping metaphors folded into an almost folkloric rendering of some of humanity’s harshest truths. In This Genre-Bending Novel, You Better Believe the Monsters Are Real 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Along with offers of black market Viagra and come-ons from Nigerian princes with huge bank accounts, pleas from stranded travelers complete the trifecta of online thievery. Social Q?s: The Downside of a Free Lunch 2011-08-18T22:02:58Z He also seeks to merge two culinary identities: as a youth in the United States where his Nigerian father’s cooking was central to daily life, and as a professional cook. Connecting With West Africa’s Plant-Based Past 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Nigerians, I was told, often look like they are partying, but they never stop doing business. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z It’s about a razor-sharp young Nigerian woman who settles on America’s East Coast. Novels of the African Diaspora: A reading list 2014-04-30T21:32:43Z In one of her online videos, she plays the role on an all-knowing, all-controlling Nigerian mother who watches in horror as a young man sneezes into his hands. Nigerian comics fight COVID-19 with gags and slapstick slaps 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Her Nigerian parents were so hell-bent on launching her into the family profession that they named her after the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Folake Olowofoyeku hearts life in the television comedy lane 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z After its genocidal war, the Nigerian government proceeded to engineer a culture of denial. Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z The culture of philanthropy is growing among Nigerians and the great chiefs do return some of their fortunes to the people. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Like her 2017 work “Poor People’s TV Room,” this project draws on research that she, the child of Nigerian immigrants, has done into protest movements of Nigerian women. Okwui Okpokwasili Wants You to Slow Down and Walk With Her 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Or rather, I want to broaden the indictment beyond the specific complaints that they ignored Mr. Elba, “Creed,” “Straight Outta Compton” and Will Smith’s excellent Nigerian accent in “Concussion.” Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb? Discuss. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Although people have been mourning, the life of the influential Nigerian writer was also being celebrated, our reporter says. Thousands at author Achebe's funeral 2013-05-23T21:32:27Z Her parents, both Nigerian, divorced when she was in the sixth grade. ‘Well-Read Black Girl’ Is Bigger Than Glory Edim 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The style of dress at Nigerian occasions will vary, depending on the tribe of the celebrants. The Fabric of Nigerian Weddings 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z To further draw attention to Nigerian drummer Tony Allen's highly regarded 2014 album "Film of Life," its label commissioned a pair of remixes, the most striking of which lasts a dozen hypnotic minutes. Essential tracks: Sufjan Stevens' 'Carrie & Lowell' hits a personal chord 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z It is also negotiating licence deals for Nigerian films such as “Chief Daddy”, a comedy that debuted on the platform in March. Action! Nigeria's film industry draws global entertainment brands 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z In thousands of videos, people did the dance and showed off clothing particular to their heritage — Korean, Nigerian, Ukrainian, French, Brazilian and so many more. A Teenage Producer With a TikTok Hit Brings New Zealand to the World 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z In early summer, he looked to the world around him; he listened to West African records he had come to know, especially those of Fela Kuti, the great Nigerian singer and bandleader. A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z In the baking afternoon heat of the Nigerian bush, the only warning I got was a rustle of twigs. Digested read: When One Door Closes by Peter Sissons 2011-02-07T21:29:00Z Younger Nigerians see uncharted marketing territory and opportunities to link Africa to the West and vice versa. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z On Wednesday, to protest what they say has been a lack of action on the part of the Nigerian government to find and return the girls. Why is the media ignoring 200 missing girls? 2014-04-30T18:58:00Z Sometimes customers of Nigerian descent balk at all the fuss. Nigerian Street Food and the Full Power of Spice at Brooklyn Suya 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Thousands of Nigerians leave the west African country each year in search of a better life abroad - often in Europe and the United States. British-born Nigerian actor hopes black skinhead film will 'heal' pain 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z A display of Ms. Egwuatu’s Nigerian roots at the start of her freshman year helped acquaint her and Mr. Onuoha officially. Bible Study Brought Them to the Altar, Where They Shared Their First Kiss 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z But one never wholly throws away the fables that old Nigerian women tell. The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Someone once pointed out to me some really splendid buildings in Nigeria and proudly announced that they were built by hardworking Nigerian girls who were working really hard in Italy. EC Osondu's top 10 immigrants' tales 2011-01-26T15:26:49Z "He took me to a very fancy function full of dignitaries, and spent most of the evening introducing me to everybody as his famous popstar son, a Nigerian hero." Tunde Baiyewu 2013-02-02T08:00:55Z The owner, Hillary Uduh, and his cousin Promise Edoro, who cooks alongside him, opened Hills Kitchen in February, partly because of the surprisingly few Nigerian restaurants in the city. Nigerian Soups and Jollof Rice at Hills Kitchen in Brooklyn 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The first thing to know is that Nigerians are very prideful. Yvonne Orji, the ‘Insecure’ Star, Returns Confidently to Stand-Up 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z He was born in Ipswich, an only child with a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mum. Richard Ayoade: Mr Modest 2011-01-15T00:03:59Z Verify from the Petroleum Minister who set our refineries and pipelines on fire because his private refineries in Canada and Venezuela wanted to sell petrol and kerosene to Nigerians. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z Looking at minorities like Mormons, Nigerian immigrants, Asian-Americans and Jews, among others, Chua and Rubenfeld contend that successful groups share three traits: a superiority complex, feelings of insecurity and impulse control. Motherlode Blog: Any Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, ‘Tiger Couple’ 2014-01-30T16:12:07Z The latter collects some of the many Nigerian musical responses to James Brown from the likes of the Sahara All Stars and T-Fire. Sean O'Hagan 2010-06-26T23:15:00Z Nigerian producers are those who are mostly concerned about raising the quality of Nollywood films. What Netflix’s involvement in Nigeria’s massive film industry really means 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Senegalese djolof fried rice, Nigerian brochettes and a Moroccan vegetable tagine are a few of the other dishes on the menu. A Fine-Dining Veteran Turns to Street Food 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z But on the third floor, all bets seemed off with the inclusion of a brightly enameled folk-artish sculpture of a couple by the Nigerian artist Sokari Douglas Camp. Real, or Too Real? A Dazzling Show Goes the Way of All Flesh 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “These are much more than just art pieces,” said Ayodeji Onime, a Nigerian of Edo ethnicity visiting the Africa galleries, where the museum displays artifacts from the Kingdom of Benin. When a Visit to the Museum Becomes an Ethical Dilemma 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “This is a very significant discovery, given my father’s contribution to Nigerian art and African art, more broadly,” he told Reuters in Lagos. Lagos art lovers get chance to bid for long-lost masterpiece found in 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Nigerian authorities have mobilised unusually swiftly, underlying concern about an outbreak in the continent's most populous nation and major commerce hub. Ebola outbreak sparks states of emergency in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z His lyrics, partly in pidgin, called out the Nigerian military dictatorship; at home he declared his Lagos house to be an independent territory. ‘Finding Fela,’ From Alex Gibney 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The historian was born in Lagos to a Nigerian father and a white British mother. David Olusoga Wants Britain to Face Its Past. All of It. 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan recently signed a similar measure, also dubbed a “jail the gays” law, in Nigeria. “Jail the gays” measure becomes law in Uganda 2014-02-24T14:30:00Z You'll hear Nigerian music, my parents speak in Igbo, my mum's got her wrap on and cooks Nigerian food. Arinze Kene: 'At home, I'm Nigerian. I go out and I'm a British kid' 2013-02-25T18:59:01Z “I always wanted to share the tastes of my childhood,” said Ms. Ajaero, 29, whose family is Nigerian and who studied the Nigerian language Igbo, African history and political science. New Queens Shop Serves Nigerian Food 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The story is situated in the Nigerian diaspora, and that heightens what is going on for the people in the church. Caine prize won by Tope Folarin's 'utterly compelling' short story 2013-07-09T10:43:36Z Nigerian superstar D'Banj's hit song Oliver Twist reached the UK's top 10 this year. Nigeria's entertainment industry eager to make pirates part of sea change 2012-12-14T07:00:01Z “This movie represents the way we speak as Nigerians,” Nnaji wrote in one tweet. Nigeria’s Oscar Hopes Are Dashed Over English Dialogue in ‘Lionheart’ 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, the Nigerian government said it would audit its petroleum agency after the head of the central bank, who has since been fired, claimed that as much as $20 billion could be missing. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Yemi inspired a younger generation of Nigerian writers and artists in the UK. Yemi Ajibade obituary 2013-04-18T16:57:15Z Bridget is of Nigerian descent, and I won’t tell you what Eric calls her, in what he says is all innocence. Review: Stephen Rea Is One Really Mad Man in ‘Cyprus Avenue’ 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The plane reported engine trouble just before going down, a Nigerian aviation official said. In Transit Blog: Morning Walkabout - 6/4: Direct Flights to Honolulu and Food Trucks in Paris 2012-06-04T15:17:33Z Last year, the German government signed an agreement with its Nigerian counterpart to transfer ownership of over 1,000 looted bronzes to Nigeria. Who Owns the Benin Bronzes? The Answer Just Got More Complicated. 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z The photographers’ friend Nike Okundaye, a Nigerian chief and textile artist, is trying to revive the laborious methods for dying patterned indigo clothes, a tradition handed down from her great-great-grandmother. From birth to death: an archive of vanishing African rituals seeks... 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The Nigerian Commission for Museums and Monuments and the Nigerian National Museum in Lagos did not respond to requests for comment on the Christie’s sale. Disputed African Artifacts Sell at Auction 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z This show includes fascinating documents of large-scale Nigerian infrastructure works, some masterminded by Milica Steric, one of the few women in the first rank of postwar European architects. When Yugoslavia’s Bright Future Was Fashioned in Concrete 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The 11-year-old Nigerian boy thought the footage would be used for a common film study session, but the video spread on social media thanks to his trainer, Daniel Ajala, who posted it. Despite bleak 2020, celebrities make effort to brighten year 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z As the Nigerian film industry’s first Christmas comedy since it became a Netflix partner, this romp about three brothers trying to make their mother’s holiday wish a reality is festive and illuminating. ‘A Naija Christmas’ Review: Honoring a Mother’s Wish 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z There's a lot of American and UK influence, but the present Nigerian sound is really influenced by highlife and juju music. I'm with D'Banj 2012-06-23T22:30:01Z Rather, they invest in better structuring distribution networks to extract as much profit as possible from the Nigerian industry. What Netflix’s involvement in Nigeria’s massive film industry really means 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z After a Nigerian troupe was unable to appear there, Mr. Olatunji’s ensemble was slipped in as a covert replacement. Chuck Davis, Who Brought African Dance Traditions to America, Dies at 80 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Ross and Onabolu travelled to the Nigerian capital of Lagos, to see how a less regulated building culture fares. Are building regulations the enemy of architecture? 2013-02-28T13:11:49Z Yehoshua; the biography of a scientist who was once as famous as Einstein; a deeply disturbing and brilliantly conceived novel about cannibalism; and a devastating novel about tragedy in a Nigerian family. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z About one in 15 Africans is Nigerian, and they are spread across the world, at all levels of skill and power. Nigeria: Africa's superpower? 2010-06-10T11:00:00Z She recounts how, in the Biafran War, Nigerian soldiers burned her father’s texts: “Mounds of charred pages in a pile in my parents’ front yard, where they once grew roses.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘My Madness Will Now Bare Itself’ 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z He has a couple of favourite Nigerian restaurants, both on the Old Kent Road in south-east London: the classy 805 and the more home-style Presidential Suya Grill. Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z Isaiah D. Obot — a Nigerian citizen who came to the United States as a scholarship student — returned to Africa after finishing his studies. Kehinde Wiley Puts a Classical Spin on His Contemporary Subjects 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Even Mexican food is getting a Nigerian twist. How Will We Eat in 2023? Here Are 10 Predictions. 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z In her eight works of fiction, Evaristo, who was born in London in 1959 to a white English mother and a Nigerian father, often explores the lives of members of the African diaspora. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Share Booker Prize 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z This track by the Nigerian band Billy Bao is not really one track at all: it's many tracks run into one sequence. The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Billy Bao – Urban Disease 2013-06-26T08:23:00Z Though drenched in Lagosian atmosphere, the book wears its Nigerian setting lightly: it is clearly the work of a pan-African and an internationalist—and is all the better for it. Lagos, where anything can happen 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z And with Christmas on its way, seekers from all corners of the world, including large groups of Nigerians and Filipinos led by Orthodox priests in full vestments, were visiting. Visiting modern-day Nazareth, no longer in biblical times 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Tropical, starchy root vegetable cassava — whether grated, dried, then fermented, or just milled into a fine flour — plays a host of roles in the Nigerian kitchen. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Born in London, to a Nigerian mother and Ghanaian father, the 33-year-old writer and photographer grew up in the States and now lives in Rome. Taiye Selasi: 'I'm very willing to follow my imagination' 2013-03-22T12:00:03Z “I hadn’t realized the sheer scope of his nonfiction,” said the Nigerian writer Emmanuel Iduma, who, like Wainaina, has experimented with form, producing two highly original books of memoir, travel and reportage. A Provocative Satirist Left a Pervasive Legacy, Influencing African Writing 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z “Prince of Monkeys” is rife with character soliloquies that relay some of the central issues of Nigerian life, then and now. A Debut Novel of Political and Personal Upheaval in Late-20th-Century Nigeria 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Most of the fast food in Nigerian cities is packaged in plastic bags. Nigeria’s street food adds to the plastic problem — green leaves offer a solution 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “The country’s so strapped for cash, George Santos is emailing people pretending to be a Nigerian prince,” Jimmy Fallon joked. Jimmy Fallon Finds the Funny in the Debt Ceiling 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z She took up fashion against the wishes of her father, who – like all Nigerian parents, she said – wanted his children to go into business and make money. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z At the police station, the officers kept asking if the sisters owned a gossip website that had been spreading scandalous rumors about Nigerian elites — and about the sisters themselves. How to Date a Lot of Billionaires 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z LAGOS, Nigeria — U.S. officials say a Nigerian adaptation of "Sesame Street" will debut later this month in Africa's most populous country. 'Sesame Street' adaptation to debut in Nigeria 2011-05-10T17:02:00Z Portfolio Beats Generation The Nigerian musicians who are changing the sound of global pop. The Best New Yorker Visual and Interactive Stories of 2018 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z We also meet Bibiana and Sam, who aim to transport the liveliness of Nigerian Christian tradition and Pentecostal-style worship to their Anglican church white wedding. TV highlights 20/03/2013 2013-03-20T07:00:08Z The cavernous room was like Santa’s workshop if Santa Claus were a Nigerian percussion master. In Switzerland, a musician searches for the ‘Holy Grail’ of instruments 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Philip Adebowale, the Nigerian police official who detained the sisters in Lagos and issued the warrant that resulted in Kiran’s arrest, said that he had not colluded with Mr. Otedola and had not demanded bribes. How to Date a Lot of Billionaires 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z After his first words to Ms. Egwuatu, which were, “Are you Nigerian?” they established that both had ties to the country’s Igbo people. Bible Study Brought Them to the Altar, Where They Shared Their First Kiss 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z She was wearing a one-piece saffron jumpsuit, along with a vibrant patterned blazer of Ankara fabric that was given to her by a Nigerian tailor. One Artist’s Melancholy Look at Missing African-American Women 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Bright collages crafted from old family snapshots and the pages of Nigerian lifestyle magazines depict intimate domestic scenes — often the artist and her husband. Datebook: Early digital maps, delicate assemblages, an installation that riffs on sin 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The novels "A Man of the People" and "No Longer at Ease" were stories of corruption and collapse that anticipated the Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 and the years of mismanagement that followed. Agent: Author Chinua Achebe dies at 82 2013-03-22T12:37:10Z Add that to his comments that Nigerians live in huts, Haitians have AIDS, and Mexicans are thieving gang-affiliated rapists, and we get a clear picture of who Donald Trump really is. Don’t laugh off Trump’s LeBron James insults. His racist rhetoric can reproduce at a rapid rate 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Freshly inspired, she decided it was time to create her own web comedy, FirstGen, about being a first-generation Nigerian in the US. Insecure’s Yvonne Orji: 'I’m 33 years old and I’m a virgin' 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Your book is also a love letter to Nigerian pride. “I have kidney stones. My hair is falling out”: Wendy Osefo of "Housewives'" talks reality TV stress 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Born in Lagos to a Nigerian Civil War-hero father and a mother who is a high school principal, Apata is perhaps an unlikely pop star. The New Guard of Nigerian Musicians 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z I wanted to use fabric as a medium and as a way to reconnect to my Nigerian heritage. Diana Ajaita’s “Iya Ni Wura (Mother Is Gold)” 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Over time Nigerian refugees become the dominant group not only inside the house but also in the neighborhood. Mohsin Hamid's 'Exit West' imagines a new way out for refugees 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z At first glance, it is a romance between a Nigerian poultry farmer called Chinonso and a woman he stops from killing herself, but it quickly becomes a tale of class, race and male rage. Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie on Booker Prize Shortlist 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “When I tell people I’m Nigerian, they ask: ‘Oh my god, what is it like over there? Nine Plays, One Truth: Mfoniso Udofia on Her Immigrant Experience, and Ours 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z "The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility," he wrote, words which chimed with the feelings of many Nigerians. Grandfather of African literature, Chinua Achebe, dies aged 82 2013-03-22T17:37:06Z In a club, that hard-nosed Nigerian funk, with its shuffling rhythm guitars and pushy horns, gets to stretch out for a dancing audience. Beyond Popping Corks, the Sounds of the New Year 2010-12-23T23:06:06Z Ellis’s great contribution is in explaining why Nigerian crime became so ubiquitous. No fantasy 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Reports had previously circulated that he had questioned why Nigerians in the United States on visas would ever want to return to their “huts.” Melania Trump will visit four countries on her first major international trip without the president 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Now he's well on his way to becoming a Nigerian afrobeat pioneer in his own right -- as well as a fiery and energetic performer with a strong social and political conscience. Quick Hits: Afrobeat sensation Seun Kuti performs live 2011-08-27T16:01:00Z As the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, she found it puzzling to be repeatedly told that she wasn’t “African enough.” Nine Plays, One Truth: Mfoniso Udofia on Her Immigrant Experience, and Ours 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z She deplored critics of authors like Clive Cleave, an Englishman, for presuming to write from the point of view of a Nigerian girl in his best-selling book “Little Bee.” Lionel Shriver’s Address on Cultural Appropriation Roils a Writers Festival 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z She dedicated her work to the narrative of the secret society, which Nigerian slaves brought to Cuba and which is now recognized as a religion in the country. The late Cuban artist Belkis Ayón's mysterious world unfurls at the Fowler Museum 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z They are: Simon Schama, a historian, art critic and veteran presenter of culture on TV; David Olusoga, a British Nigerian historian; and Mary Beard, an author and classics professor. Review | ‘Civilizations’ is the most ambitious story about art ever told on television 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z A Nigerian “maiden mask,” for instance, would have been worn by male performers at festivals honoring patron deities. Art Review: ‘African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde’ at the Met 2012-12-20T23:10:44Z His untitled 2019 group shot of modish young men huddled together on a street in colorful suiting showcases traditional Nigerian weaving techniques while alluding to the “youthquake” movement taking hold in his city. Black Beauty: Photography Between Art and Fashion 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Even this takes the form of materialism, as the increasingly mad Englishman, Stanton, insists that his God is more powerful because he owns everything, while the Nigerian gods possess nothing. Books of The Times: ‘Foreign Gods, Inc.,’ by Okey Ndibe 2013-12-29T22:31:18Z It's also a sign of narrative desperation that Guy's flat is invaded by another unexpected visitor in the shape of an ebullient Nigerian claiming to be his adoptive son. The Victorian in the Wall – review 2013-05-17T17:25:57Z After years of romances with a series of fabulously wealthy Nigerian boyfriends, the flamboyant Canadian sisters Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo needed somewhere to store the pricey spoils of their dating careers. How to Date a Lot of Billionaires 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Late on Wednesday, Vietnam said it had released two Nigerian air travellers from isolation after their fevers subsided. Ebola quarantine in Liberia's capital sparks violence in slum 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The debut album from the rising Nigerian star Asake is both appealingly grounded and aiming for an astral plane. Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The poet imagines a Nigerian military commander as a vulture and compares him to the Commandant of the Nazis’ death camp at Belsen: Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Of course, there were larger identity issues — like, am I more British than I am Nigerian, or am I more Nigerian then I am British? Chidera Eggerue Has Some Tips (and Hashtags) for Self-Love 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Boyega, 23, was raised in London, the child of Nigerian immigrants. John Boyega, ‘Force Awakens’ star, is largely unknown. That’s changing fast. 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z “I’m a young Nigerian, and it’s already hard being from here and making it,” he says. The New Guard of Nigerian Musicians 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Sagoe, the daughter of a major Nigerian industrialist, grew up traveling frequently to Italy and Japan and went to college in the United States. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z Today, he lives in Lagos, where he moved for a job at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research. A ‘Lucky Child’ Writes His Way From Nigeria to the Global Stage 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The Nigerian author's Americanah, her third novel, won the US National Critics Book Prize last month. Debut writers dominate Baileys list 2014-04-07T18:15:07Z The same media that every day make choices about what NOT to show: models protesting racism in their industry, angry anti-Catholic feminist crowds; peaceful, determined, old Nigerian women. 6 reasons female nudity can be powerful 2014-01-22T19:54:00Z The artistic process had begun online, with him studying Yoruban music, dance, textiles and mythology, along with Nigerian history. ‘Artists Are Migrants’: A Nigerian-Irish Dancer’s Multiplicities 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Previously unknown to American audiences, Ms. Erivo is a daughter of Nigerian immigrants to England. The Actress Cynthia Erivo Rises With ‘The Color Purple’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z One of the best things I ever created is an abacha and coconut salad, inspired by the vibrant flavors and colors of Nigerian street food. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Along with being a painter, Lasekan was a political cartoonist for Nigerian newspapers. Art Review: Some of Simon Ottenberg’s Gifts in ‘The Art of Translation’ 2013-08-15T21:58:16Z His car stereo often plays the soundtrack from “Fela!,” the Broadway musical about a Nigerian composer, which Mr. de Blasio saw with his family several years ago and repeatedly recommended to staff members. A New Mayor Brings Hope for a Populist Arts Revival 2013-12-29T19:52:34Z Her boyfriend was a Nigerian man whom she’d met through church, and it would be uncomfortable—really, it would be impossible—for him to live among the domestic workers of India. Women’s Work 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z A towering sculpture by the Nigerian artist Billy Omabegho stands in the small plaza outside the consulate, with zigzagging vertical curves that call to mind chain links or an abstract ouroboros. Meals for (Mostly) Everyone at Divine Flavored Nigerian Food Truck 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z He recently traveled around Europe and the United States trying to sell a documentary about a Nigerian music festival he produced. T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z And when a Nigerian journalist approached him for an interview in the 1980s, all he would say was, “There is the difference between the musician and his music.” William Onyeabor, Reclusive African Electro-Funk Pioneer, Dies at 70 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z While preparing a feature on the response of Nigerians to early colonial rule, Achebe investigated the story of an Igbo priest imprisoned for refusing to collaborate with the British. Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z The novel accumulates intensity by spurning trite expectations — about New York and about the Nigerian central character’s life there as a medical student. Teju Cole Pairs Text and Image to Explore the Mysteries of the Ordinary 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z In contrast to the narrow formats of most Western radio stations, Gillett played everything from Cajun boogie to Nigerian soul to Portuguese fado, gaining a devoted international following. World music champion Charlie Gillett dies at 68 2010-03-18T11:43:00Z “I can understand that some Nigerians have found it really insulting,” Ms. Plankensteiner said. Who Owns the Benin Bronzes? The Answer Just Got More Complicated. 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Ms. Akerele wants to push forward a campaign to “buy Nigerian” and “eventually to reposition and re-engineer the minds of Nigerian people” to encourage them to pick emerging or established local designers. Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk 2012-11-14T10:36:25Z Inside it was a computer drive with the copy of “Nigerian Prince” that will be used for the Tribeca screenings. He Won $1 Million to Make a Movie. Then the Problems Set in. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z It takes me way back” to episodes both pleasant and traumatic, such as the death of his grandmother and the destruction of the family and band compound by Nigerian government soldiers in 1977. Fela's Son Catches the Hit Show 2010-07-14T03:11:00Z One afternoon it filmed at Buka, a Nigerian restaurant on Fulton Street in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Nollywood Seeks a Hit With ‘Doctor Bello’ 2012-09-23T03:17:19Z You grew up in Peckham, in southeast London, a traditionally British Nigerian community. Chidera Eggerue Has Some Tips (and Hashtags) for Self-Love 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z "Open City" is the debut novel for Cole, a Nigerian writer, photographer and historian who lives in New York City, and it's a novel in the loosest sense. Teju Cole's 'Open City': walking the length, breadth and heart of post-9/11 New York 2011-02-26T00:07:07Z Topics: , , , kidnapped Nigerian girls, An unidentified mother at a demonstration with others who have daughters among the kidnapped school girls of government secondary school Chibok, Tuesday April 29, 2014, in Abuja, Nigeria. Why is the media ignoring 200 missing girls? 2014-04-30T18:58:00Z Two late cancellations, by the bluesman Taj Mahal and the Nigerian juju master King Sunny Adé, left a slight imbalance on the Solid Sound bill, which skewed almost as white as its audience. Wilco Tinkers and Experiments at a Festival It’s Happy to Share 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Abiola is a Nigerian activist who is president of Women in Africa, a group that supports African women with high potential, and the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy. Steinem among winners of National Civil Rights Museum award 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z While Mr. Ogbuagu imports some games from Europe, his designs incorporate Nigerian themes because Nigerian players find those easier to relate to, he said. Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z For some Nigerians, the creatures in her books are not just fantastical beasts — they evoke real beliefs and traditions. Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Adjepong and Patrice Johnson Chevannes deftly combine brusqueness and gentleness as N’s helpless parents, who apply scraps of the lore and philosophy of their Nigerian culture in dealing with their bereaved and unresponsive daughter. Review: Remembering What Was and Wasn’t in ‘Good Grief’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z In 1970, a group of traders from Cameroon was stopped by the Nigerian police and a cache of Igbo artifacts seized. Disputed African Artifacts Sell at Auction 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z That incident is still fresh in some Nigerians’ minds, more than 40 years later. This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Wiley, 33, whose name means “second born” in Yoruba, was raised in Los Angeles by an African-American mother and a Nigerian father and says this project has been like “a coming-out party.” | Kehinde Wiley's Fancy Footwork 2010-06-02T20:41:00Z Daley-Ward, of Jamaican and Nigerian ancestry, is the author of one book of poetry, “bone,” and one “lyrical memoir,” “The Terrible,” which is billed as “part prose, part verse.” Yrsa Daley-Ward Breaks Out of the “Instapoetry” Pack with Her Memoir “The Terrible” 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The lyrics, melody, soul and spirit of his music includes what we know as African and what we know as Nigerian. John Boyega Won’t Let Go of ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Coming to America’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The novels that Cassava has distributed in the West span a range of genres, settings, subjects and styles, offering American readers a much broader view of contemporary Nigerian fiction. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Piampaschet, who was formerly married to another Nigerian woman, was living with his parents and unemployed at the time of the murder. Italian arrested in murder case with echoes of Basic Instinct 2012-08-22T15:51:55Z “My books are about survival, just like my own life,” she told the Nigerian magazine The Voice in 1996. Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian Novelist, Dies at 72 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z A lyrical retelling of the Cain-and-Abel story in which four Nigerian brothers play truant from school, go fishing and meet a soothsayer who predicts that one brother will kill another. Shelf life 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But what does Ms. Anyanwu, a 35-year-old performer and playwright born in Trenton and raised in Bucks County, Pa., know about Nigerian burial customs? Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z But 50 years after that momentous conference, the reasons for inviting the Kenyan author to accompany at least one of his Nigerian colleagues into the Nobel hall of fame are compelling. Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o should have won the Nobel prize for literature 2010-10-08T09:48:00Z With influences like Bob Marley, Nina Simone and traditional Nigerian music, her music is a call to action. Nneka Egbuna on opening for Nas, and what fuels her music 2010-05-20T20:17:00Z Igbos were reintegrated into Nigerian society, but still faced economic discrimination. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z |
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