World Bank e-Institute for Development Goes Live! Connect. Learn. Innovate. Inspire
On July 13, 2011, the e-Institute – World Bank’s global learning platform – went live. The e-Institute led by theWorld Bank Institute will offer practitioners a virtual classroom to share high quality learning and knowledge resources. Many development practitioners around the world do not have easy access to cutting-edge learning. Available courses are usually not customized [...]
Talking About Polygamy with Lola Shoneyin, Author of “The Secret Lives of the Four Wives”
June 15, 2011 No Comment
Lola Shoneyin’s novel, The Secret Lives of the Four Wives, touched me so deeply, bringing up issues that you would hope would be obsolete by now but are unfortunately alive and not-so-well. The story takes place in Nigeria and revolves around Baba Segi and his four wives, who are all such multi-layered characters, you feel like [...]
Continue reading …This excellent analysis of Presidential Results from www.nigerianstalk.org by Akin Akintayo shows that after a closer look our divisions may not be as sharp as we think they are. Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review IX – Analysing the Presidential Results 19 April 2011 by The spread of the results in the recently concluded presidential elections in [...]
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Web round up aggregates views and stories from bloggers and the web in general written by or about women, politics and leadership. Method to the Madness blog leads the pack with heartfelt doubts sparked by attending the youth led What About us Debates, as to whether the Nigerian youth digital mobilization phenomena goes beyond [...]
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