“I believe it’s a reflection of the deterioration of the system. Some years back Nigeria was at the forefront of research” Dr. Idris, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, talks to TIA contributing author Asar Alkebulan about combating Ebola.
Asar Alkebulan
Lifestyle Turning the world on with Afrobeat
She’s a super sexy Sista Girl with naturally beautiful, black coffee coloured, knotted tresses cascading beyond the small of her back. Her name is Teni
Politics and Society Sodomy by any other name still smells of sex
There is no public objection to heterosexual intimacy where the female is penetrated in the anus by the male, but moral outrage ensues when sodomy involves two men. And exactly how robust are the religious arguments against sodomy and homosexuality?
Lifestyle What’s floating in the water at Makoko? (Part 2)
ASAR ALKEBULAN traveled to Makoko, a nearly 200 year-old fishing village located in the heart of Lagos lagoon. Journey along, experiencing the sights, sounds and spirit of the people in this incredible water community and find what’s floating in the water at Makoko.
Lifestyle What’s floating in the water at Makoko? (Part 1)
ASAR ALKEBULAN traveled to Makoko, a nearly 200 year-old fishing village located in the heart of Lagos lagoon. Journey along, experiencing the sights, sounds and spirit of the people in this incredible water community and find what’s floating in the water at Makoko.
African identities African attire isn’t “proper” attire? – Part 2
“All you wear is ‘Native’?” “You don’t wear ‘regular’ clothes?” “Why don’t you wear English clothing?” I wear African attire all the time and these are questions I’m asked in Lagos, Nigeria, where men wear English suits with neckties in the blazing sun. Why?
African identities African attire isn’t “proper” attire?
Despite African and African-inspired attire being all the rage and trending internationally, Africans in America can still be refused entry to nightclubs because of their attire. “Isn’t African dress equal in all respects to European dress?,” asks one writer.