Browsing the archives for the Observations category.
10. Mud and puddles
9. Heat
8. Noise
7. Mosquitoes
6. Elephant grass
5. Houseflies
4. NTA news (cheeky cheeky) 🙂
3. NEPA
2. Expired imported apples
1. Dust
PS: This is the 460th post on this blog. Yay!
PPS: Voting has begun in the Nigerian Blog Awards 2010. We’re up for eleven categories. Click here to vote.
10. Rain
9. Cool evening breeze
8. Football
7. Suya
6. Little children on holidays
5. Events
4. TV shows
3. Moderate atmospheric temperature
2. Water melons, and pine apples.
1. Roasted corn and roasted plantain
This is another old video in which we tried to interrogate American English pronunciations during a leisure moment.
I’ve been reading the book Cultural Hybridity by Peter Burke, a book that explores much of the concepts of hybridity in human cultures and relations. There are ample evidence from the history of humankind that prove hybridity, even more than we always immediately recognize. From the old Yoruba, Igbo and even Hausa cultures of Nigeria to that of old Rome, Jewish, Brazilian, Spanish and much of Europe, the author cites very many instances of cultural hybridity (also called “borrowing”, “syncretism”, “assimilation”, “adaptation”, “fusion” and even “homogenization” among others) and the way attitudes and opinions to such hybridity have evolved over the years.
One memorable quote from the book was from Edward Said: “the history of all cultures is the history of borrowing.” I find that apt, and the book confirms it with very many instances of both rebellion against and acceptance of cultural exchange by different cultures and societies of people across the times.
Published in 2009 by Polity Press
142 pages.
This blog was yesterday nominated for eleven categories in the Nigerian Blog Awards 2010. This is overwhelming for a blog less than a year old. And for that, I say a big KTravula thank you to all of you who did the nomination on behalf of our fans, friends, readers, commenters and guest-posters. Big hugs to you.
Voting for the categories start on May 31 and ends on June 6. A full list of the categories and nominees can be found here.
Winner for the Nigerian Blog of the Year gets to be the president of Nigeria for one day, and gets a chance to make any government policy s/he wants. Oh, I wish ;).