Nation Topics - Lagos | The Nation

Defying adversities imposed by borders has been one of Afropop's key modes of transcendence.

Post-independence cinema in Nigeria has been swept aside by Nollywood, a video CD industry with a cable-access aesthetic and a penchant for stories about violence and corruption.

Fela! is an ambitious but flawed musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat and anti-establishment icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

For Peter Maass, oil is not a drug so much as a Pandora's box. Tap a well and base instincts spew.

In boom and in bust, homeless encampments are a product of inequality and neglect.

E-cycling used computers to the Third World may sound idealistic, but
in reality it's just a new way to dump toxic waste.

Early on the crisp morning of October 15, the archbishops of
thirty-seven of the thirty-eight provinces of the Anglican Communion
(known as primates) gathered in closed session at Lambeth Palac

The gym is the last place to look for an impassioned discussion of
global politics in Nigeria, a country that is currently pre-occupied
with gasoline scarcity, rising political and ethnic viole

The war between religious fanaticism and secular modernity is fought
over women's bodies.