All posts tagged "Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani"
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Arts
On Stories and Writing: Quotes From 10 Nigerian Writers
25th April 2016“Without stories, we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. Even...
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FAMILY
A Day in the Life of a Nigerian Househelp
25th September 2015Twelve-year-old Titi does not know her surname. She also does not know that she is from...
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Media
Media Turns Boko Haram Into ‘Superstar Monsters’
20th May 2014By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani My friend’s eight-year-old daughter burst into tears while watching a Boko Haram...
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Discover Nigeria
Letter from Africa: In Fear of Child-Snatchers
6th December 2013By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani In our series of letters from African journalists, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers...
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Opinion
Life With Boko Haram
25th October 2013In December 2010, Nigeria experienced its first wave of terrorist bombings at Christian churches. In 2011,...
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Agriculture
One Woman’s Mission to Save Nigeria’s Palms
21st October 2013She has the largest private collection of plants in Nigeria, with more than 2,000 trees and...
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Culture
Nigerian Tribalism: A Personal Love Story
21st August 2013There really isn’t much hope for my father’s generation in terms of relinquishing tribal sentiments. Our...
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Culture
Igbo Burials: How Nigeria Will Bid Farewell to Achebe
23rd May 2013By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Dignitaries from across the world are gathering in Ogidi, in Nigeria’s Anambra...
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Health
Preventing a Deadly Disease
26th February 2013By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Kicker: More Nigerians are protecting their potential children from sickle cell ...
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LIFESTYLE
In Nigeria, You’re Either Somebody or Nobody
12th February 2013By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, Nigeria In America, all men are believed to be created equal...
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Uncategorized
Losing the Blame Game
16th January 2013By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Last January, thousands of Nigerians stormed the streets to oppose an insensitive...
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LIFESTYLE
My Degree Is Better Than Yours
12th October 2012By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. My friend’s niece has been sulking and shedding tears. She does not...
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iConnect
Reform, in the Name of the Father
18th June 2012SOME of the best nights at our home in Umuahia were those when Emma Nsofor, my...
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iConnect
Are We Really “Travel” Safe?
14th June 2012Throughout her childhood, Uche Anuligo's family travelled back to their ancestral home for Christmas and New...
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iConnect
James Ibori and the ‘somebodys’ and ‘nobodys’ of Nigeria
23rd April 2012By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani The most corrupt officials are often the most generous, but letting this...