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African State-building will take time

on April 01, 2016

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New Mix - African Riddimz!

Naija music has been blowing up for a little while now. Whatever they are putting in the water in Nigeria is resulting in a constant stream of excellent tunes from the likes of D'Banj, Flavour N'abania and of course P Square. All of these are featured in this mix, along with one or two offerings from Ugandan, Ghanaian and Congolese artists. Enjoy! African Riddimz by Africansarise on Mixcloud

The Rise and Fall of So Solid: A Cautionary Tale

So Solid Nostalgia! I'm feeling all nostalgic for the So Solid crew (pictured right). I’m thinking about the kind of things they might have gone on to achieve if their rise had not been stopped so soon. So Solid emerged at the tail end of UK Garage’s commercial boom in the late 1990s. Up until then, MCs were not really recording artists. Instead, they hyped-up crowds in the clubs and rhymed over tracks on pirate radio stations. But So Solid and others ushered in a new era in which MCs took centre stage as artists in their own right. On one hand, this was a positive development. MCs are able to express themselves a lot more comprehensively than singers and the new tracks provided a window into the things that black youth in London had on their minds. Unfortunately - but not surprisingly - these MCs mainly wanted to talk about sex, money and guns. The attitude they put forward was unashamedly materialistic, nihilistic and individualistic. When they were up This new era was...

Happy New Year Nigeria! - From GEJ & the IMF

See Original source "When President Goodluck Jonathan was campaigning for votes and after he won election and was sworn-in on May 29, he promised Nigerians "Fresh Air" and also an inclusive government. He assured the citizenry that his administration was going to be a listening one. With these promises, many thought that everything about his government was going to be democratically debated and majority voice respected. Less than a year after, the democratic promises of the President are been put to play. The issue of subsidy removal is now putting to test the President's pledge to be transparent. It initially started as a rumour and then it officially came out that the government is going to remove fuel subsidy. According to the executive arm of the government, subsidy on petroleum must be removed because the ordinary masses are not benefitting and the money spent on subsidy is been corned by some "Cartel". Government says it spends an annual e...

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