tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950796.post4191052724886046667..comments2024-01-14T22:18:06.542+01:00Comments on Jewels in the Jungle: Nigeria: Death Claims the Life of a Patient Leader and PresidentBREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09668844948345978806noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950796.post-63318314711559353332010-06-02T12:24:43.790+02:002010-06-02T12:24:43.790+02:00Hi Koluki, thanks for stopping by and leaving a co...Hi Koluki, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Believe it or not I am presently working on a piece that is (partially) inspired by your special coverage of the African countries celebrating 50 years of independence from (European) colonialism. I should have my first post up by today or tomorrow at the latest.<br /><br />Hoping that all is well with you down in South Africa and wising you all the best.BREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668844948345978806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950796.post-36602295421580071862010-06-01T22:35:27.646+02:002010-06-01T22:35:27.646+02:00Hello Stranger!
Welcome back... again!
Hope this ...Hello Stranger!<br /><br />Welcome back... again!<br />Hope this time it's not followed by another loooong break!<br /><br />I will come back asap to read your latest posts with the attention they deserve.<br /><br />Keep well.Kolukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635805676701525012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950796.post-70910814882004218512010-05-19T11:53:55.850+02:002010-05-19T11:53:55.850+02:00Hello to you Sokari. Yes, I have returned to writ...Hello to you Sokari. Yes, I have returned to writing and publishing online at "Jewels" on a limited basis after a long break. I am certain that an avid and very important activist like yourself can understand that blog authors need a serious rest from time to time.<br /><br />And of course I have been keeping track of your work at Black Looks as well as your attendace at various international conferences and forums. One MUST READ the writings of Sokari Ekine if one wants to stay abreast of what is happening in Sub-Saharan Africa today and hear the voices of the African diaspora in Europe and beyond.<br /><br />You have come a long way darling since way back when we began to experiment with blogs and new media tools and services in order to help raise global awareness about Africa and African people. Your contributions to the blogosphere over the past 5 years are very much appreciated by many of us, so please keep up the good work.<br /><br />All the best to you Sokari, good health and good luck.<br /><br />Bill (BRE)BREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668844948345978806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950796.post-19022399437379183982010-05-19T04:43:12.724+02:002010-05-19T04:43:12.724+02:00Helloooo - did not realise you were still blogging...Helloooo - did not realise you were still blogging and even reading BLs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950796.post-29609974945564675752010-05-10T15:37:38.140+02:002010-05-10T15:37:38.140+02:00Thank you Imnakoya for stopping by and leaving a ...Thank you Imnakoya for stopping by and leaving a comment on this post. Thanks especially for the links to Nigeria's online/print newspaper NEXT and the editorial about this new media startup over at The Huffington Post. I do hope that NEXT can continue operating under all of the heat and obstacles that have been thrown in their path. The publisher needs to find new investors with deep pockets ($$$) and a commitment to good investigative journalism and news reporting in Nigeria and througout the region.BREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668844948345978806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950796.post-32540971142505623152010-05-08T20:44:31.555+02:002010-05-08T20:44:31.555+02:00BRE, thanks for an excellent synopsis of the recen...BRE, thanks for an excellent synopsis of the recent sociopolitical dimensions in Nigeria. I’m glad you highlighted the imperial role of the first lady during Yar’Adua’s presidency and the often embarrassing shenanigans of the cohort of profiteers that capitalized on the ill-health of the president and held the nation to ransom. Such a high-level of power-play was unprecedented in the history of the nation.<br /><br />However, we can not fail to highlight the role of NEXT (234Next.com), the nascent news media outfit of Mr. Dele Olojede, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former foreign editor of New York Newsday. NEXT stood out in the media coverage of the Yar’Adua brouhaha through its frank editorials and news-breaking coverage. Mr. Olojede and his crew were the first to report the former president was brain dead, and incapable of overseeing the affairs of the nation -- an audacious and unprecedented play by a media house going by Nigerian standard. <br /><br />See: <br />1. NEXT: Yar'Adua is brain-damaged: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Politics/5509847-146/yaradua_is_brain-damaged___.csp<br />2. Huffington Post: Nigeria’s Next ‘a paper that can’t afford to die’ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2010/05/07/huffington-post-nigerias-next-a-paper-that-cant-afford-to-die/<br /><br />Even when a mysterious voice claiming to be that of the former present was heard on BBC air waves, NEXT stood by their claim. What NEXT did more or less set the stage for the eventual swearing in of the vice president as the acting president.<br /><br />In closing, as sad as the demise of Yar’Adua is, and as disruptive as the events surrounding his death was, it appears Nigeria did come out stronger, with a better grasp of its emerging democracy. However, the play-out of events in the next 12 months – during the elections, will confirm if this is indeed true.<br /><br />Cheers.imnakoyahttp://grandioseparlor.comnoreply@blogger.com