Baobab Africa, Author at BaobabAfrica Online

Baobab Africa People and Economy reports the continent majorly from a positive slant. We celebrate the continent. Not for us the negatives that undermine the African real story of challenging but inspiring growth.

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Aminu Kano, political change, and Northern Nigeria

By Attahiru Bala Usman Three decades ago, 33 years precisely, in 1979, Mallam Aminu Kano led the Peoples Redemption Party – PRP ...

By Baobab AfricaAugust 2, 20131

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Northern Nigeria and her mythical realities

The problem of the north of Nigeria is the north of Nigeria writes Prince Charles Dickson “When a people have suffered for ...

By Baobab AfricaAugust 2, 20130

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Nigeria and the political economy of backwardness

housands of young people in northern Nigeria have no hope for tomorrow In the political economy of backwardness (1), I focused on the ...

By Baobab AfricaAugust 1, 20130

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Contextualizing Obama’s visit to Africa

In recent years, the United States has increasingly been sidelined in areas of deep economic transformation in Africa because US engagement with Africa ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 2, 20130

Article

Nelson Mandela: A walk well walked

Hannatu Musawa pays tribute to ailing Nelson Mandela, liberationist and perhaps, the most important personality of our era. Nelson Mandela is ageing and ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 1, 20130

Editorial

Protest against President Obama in South Africa is justified

When President Barrack Obama visited Ghana for a few hours in 2009, he blamed African leaders and exonerated imperialism for the underdevelopment of the African ...

By Baobab AfricaFebruary 19, 20130

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War, terror, catastrophe: Profiting from 'Disaster Capitalism'

By PAUL B. FARRELL Hot tip: Invest in “Disaster Capitalism.” This new investment sector is the core of the emerging “new economy” that ...

By Baobab AfricaNovember 1, 20120

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African growth with Asian characteristics

African governments are now turning instead to Asia as a partner in development, writes Amit Jain. Prime Minister Luc Adolph Tiao of ...

By Baobab AfricaOctober 1, 20120

Article

Nigeria and the complicated formula of Beer Math

Nigeria is a very complicated formula of various people fated together like Beer Math. By HANNATU MUSAWA Here’s a conundrum for you: Firstly, ...

By Baobab AfricaAugust 3, 20120

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Chinua Achebe – Troubling awards and failed leadership

If awards could improve national security, wipe off mass poverty and reduce massive unemployment, writers would probably become happy recipients of the Nigerian ...

By Baobab AfricaAugust 2, 20120

News

Social media may be Africa’s graveyard

Africa should be wary of the entrapments of social media. Contrary to popular claim of the positive impact of social media, it could ...

By Baobab AfricaJuly 7, 20120

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Moving Nigeria away from failing and failure

As boy in the 1960’s and very early 1970’s, I used to sit and watch the Super tankers at Anglesey in Wales, filled ...

By Baobab AfricaJuly 1, 20120

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Aminu Kano, political change, and Northern Nigeria

Northern Nigeria and her mythical realities

Nigeria and the political economy of backwardness

Contextualizing Obama’s visit to Africa

Nelson Mandela: A walk well walked

Protest against President Obama in South Africa is justified

War, terror, catastrophe: Profiting from 'Disaster Capitalism'

African growth with Asian characteristics

Nigeria and the complicated formula of Beer Math

Chinua Achebe – Troubling awards and failed leadership

Social media may be Africa’s graveyard

Moving Nigeria away from failing and failure

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