Chapter 4 - Power and Money
INTRODUCTION:
Web quest links:http://nigeria.opendataforafrica.org
http://nigeria.opendataforafrica.org/apps/gallery (lots of charts on socio-economic issues)
“Africa’s testing ground”, The Economist, 2014:
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21613341-make-it-big-africa-business-must-succeed-nigeria-continents-largest-market-no
Human Rights Watch:
http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2015/country-chapters/nigeria
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “Hiding from our past”, 2014: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/hiding-from-our-past
Film trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wF4wU6HuUk
Interview with the director: “Biyi Bandele: Making movies to tell Africa’s real stories”, 2014:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/04/showbiz/biyi-bandele-making-movies-tell-africa/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
WHO ARE NIGERIA’S BOKO HARAM ISLAMISTS:
“Nigeria elections: Mapping a nation divided”, 2015:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31101351
“Who are Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists?” (article + video):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13809501
“Nigeria: Abducted women and girls forced to join Boko Haram attacks”, 2015, by Amnesty International (article + video):
https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/04/nigeria-abducted-women-and-girls-forced-to-join-boko-haram-attacks/
“What captivity is like for school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram”, by Adam Taylor, 2014:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/27/what-captivity-is-like-for-schoolgirls-kidnapped-by-boko-haram/
“Report: Boko Haram has forced nearly a million kids from their homes”, by Kevin Sieff, 2015:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/04/13/report-boko-haram-has-forced-nearly-a-million-kids-from-their-homes/
FOR MANY, NIGERIA’S MODERATE FORM OF SHARIA FAILS TO DELIVER ON PROMISES:
“Sharia Law in Nigeria”, BBC, 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYH32VU8fY (58 min.)
OIL ON WATER:
“Conversations with African Poets and Writers: Helon Habila”, 2012:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8eHI2NmWzA (Habila introduces and reads from Oil on Water, 53 min.)
“Delta Nigeria - The Rape of Paradise”, 2003-2010, by George Osodi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jpdbJoMnd0 (video)
Photo series from the Niger Delta, by Samuel James, 2013:
https://visura.co/samjames/stories/the-water-of-my-land
"See the havoc caused by the discovery of oil in Nigeria":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zalqYjcjA2Y by Journeyman Pictures, 2007 (23 min.)
RISE
Naija Lingohttp://www.naijalingo.com/
Babawilly's Dictionary of Pidgin English Words and Phrases:
http://www.ngex.com/personalities/babawilly/dictionary/
FELA KUTI FEARLESSLY PROVED THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS STRONGER THAN ANY GOVERNMENT
“Finding Fela” trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=937SQ8-6RV4 , a documentary feature by Alex Gibney, 2014 (2 min.)
INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH:
Transparency International: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2012President Jonathan’s Independence Day Speech, 1 October 2014:
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/10/01/president-jonathans-2014-independence-day-speech/
President elect Buhari’s Acceptance Speech, 31 March 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuKlW_IRkwQ (video)
http://www.channelstv.com/2015/04/01/full-text-general-muhammadu-buharis-acceptance-speech/ (speech transcript)
President Buhari’s inaugural speech on May 29, 2015: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/read-president-buhari-inaugural-speech/#sthash.Q3fTQHE2.dpuf
