West Africa

“There Was a Country,” Chinua Achebe’s long-awaited memoir of Biafra

Nigerian poet Chinua Achebe was once Biafra's cultural ambassador. With this memoir, he is its defining historian

Kyle Minor Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment colonialism, Chinua Ache

Aided by Yes Men, activists strike at Shell

Faked internal emails alert employees to the oil giant's record in Nigeria

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 8:07 PM UTC
Business West Africa, Oil industy, Shell

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