This is a call to every Nigerian once taught by a teacher to support the cause of Nigerian teachers in public schools: “My teacher, the moulder of my character, the person who laid the foundation of my life, without whom my country could never have dreamt of its manpower. My teacher is the least paid Government worker; my teacher operates in the worst working condition in the country.”Image: niteoafrica.org

I am very proud of my heritage and it helps me set myself apart from others.

South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes has won this year’s £10,000 Caine prize for the best short story in English by an African writer. Rose-Innes, whose story Poison is a haunting vignette of the “new” South Africa, received the prize at a ceremony last night at Oxford University’s Bodleian Library.
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My introduction to Salif Keita was via the song, “Nou Pas Bouger” on an African Music show that ran on NTA 2 Channel 5 on Sundays’ in Nigeria. I remember running to the television set and staring in awe at the wonderful sounds emanating from this man. Our introduction didn’t end there, as [...]