Amandla! spoke to Siziphiwe Dunjana, a member of the Cry of the Xcluded about the challenges of unemployment.
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Cost of living crisis sparks nationwide protest in Nigeria
The ongoing nationwide protest is the third massive protest movement in 21st-century Nigeria.
#FeesMustFall in Nigeria
Since the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu, a wave of fee hikes has swept through public universities and secondary schools in Nigeria. Across numerous campuses, students have risen in response to these policies, registering their dissent through campaigns,...
In Memoriam: Chinua Achebe
(1930-2013) | by The Botsotso Collective Chinua Achebe was a writer with massive influence in Nigeria, in Africa and, indeed, in the world. He was the first African writer to achieve this status with his first novel, Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, which was...
After Rio+20, Brazil’s Cemetery of Mangroves and Fisherfolks | by Nnimmo Bassey
Two visits outside the heart of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marked the highpoints of my visit to that city for the infamous Rio+20 summit. The first was on 14 June with colleagues from the Oilwatch International network and that visit took us to Caxias. This is a...
The Left under threat in Nigeria | by Baba Aye
May 4, 2012 is a day that I shall not forget. Early in the morning, I heard that my trade union comrade and friend, Olaitan Oyerinde, had been killed. He was shot four times in his home, in front of his wife, about an hour after midnight. Lintin, as some of us used to...
The RIO+20 U.N. Conference: An Ecosocialist Assessment | by Ecosocialist International Network
Representatives of governments from all the world will be present at the Rio+20 U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, June 2012. What can we expect from this so-called “Earth Summit” from a social and ecological perspective? Nothing! Or, to be charitable, very...
Can a Nigerian Squeeze the Poor for the World Bank? | by Patrick Bond
In coming days, the World Bank will have a new president. Smart money backs Barack Obama’s choice: Dartmouth College president Jim Yong Kim. But two weeks ago, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was endorsed by her Pretoria counterpart, Pravin Gordhan....