What can we do to harness library policy and legislation to build the future of African libraries?
Why library legislation & policy Library legislation and library policy have a significant impact on the future of African libraries. Most significantly, libraries must be redefined to suit the present…
Africa’s Gigantic low export and production of Legendary Tomatoes: Then who’s to be held responsible?
Man preparing tomatoes. Source from: Nairametrics IntroductionNigeria, the most influential country in Africa, has been dubbed the "African Giant." Nigerians are, to put it mildly, obsessed with tomatoes. When you…
Why Nigeria’s HealthCare system could be the biggest trigger for Mental Health cases in the country
(Image credit: The Guardian Nigeria news, 2018) The issue of mental health is still foreign to the ears of most Nigerian citizens. In most parts of the country, there is…
Climate Change: The Lake Chad Basin’s nightmare
The issue of climate change is the subject of increasingly important attention for our generation and future generations. Many scientific predictions have finally convinced the political sphere of all the…
Does Womanhood and Ambition Really Exist in Nigeria?
( McKeown, 2020) “We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be…
We Want To Move It Move It! The Story of Urbanization, Transportation, and Population
Tour d'Horizon If watching Madagascar the movie was a part of your childhood or any part of your life afterwards, then you probably chuckled as you read the title. For…
The Potential of African Fashion
HARNESSING ITS POTENTIAL Fashion, what is it? , some say it is a way of life; some say it is a way to express oneself. Whatever one describes it as;…
Culture: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Over the past few years, conversations surrounding Global Challenges have proliferated around me and have been the catalyst for my critical thinking, researching, and processing of not just my own…
You Can Clean the Air — Here’s How
Onitsha, a city in Nigeria. Ranked by WHO as one of the world’s most polluted cities (Parke, 2016) INTRODUCTION Air. That thing we breathe in and out every day of…
IT WASN’T ME!!! JUST SAY IT WASN’T YOU? ~Shaggy
Tracey sat at the back seat of her father’s car as they drove to the countryside on the Nairobi Nakuru highway. Her dad was overspeeding to beat the fall of…