Globalization and African Culture: The Nigerian Experience

Globalization, Democracy, and Poverty: The African Experience at the Onset of the 21st Century

Economic reports from international financial institutions suggest that Africa can harness globalization, achieve more rapid poverty reduction and faster growth. Such assumptions, however, ignore the fundamental role that democracy plays in the distribution of welfare, especially in this era of globalization. Based on the analysis of various social, political, and economic data on 44 African co...

Agricultural communication and the African non-literate farmer: the Nigerian experience.

In Nigeria, there lies a relatively untapped potential for great agricultural growth. Since the 1960's, Nigeria's "days of agricultural glory," there has been great obstacles in the exchange of information between scientists and Nigerian farmers. There has been a great trend in rural-urban migration and a rise in unemployment; crime and school drop outs have ensued. The Nigerian non-literate...

Visual and Material Culture in the Context of Industrial Design: The Contemporary Nigerian Experience

Ebola epidemic - the Nigerian experience

The current West African ebola epidemic has been described as the most unprecedented in the history of the disease. Nigeria reported its first case of the disease in July, 2014, at the end of the epidemic 20 people were infected and eight of them died. The epidemic resulted in increased knowledge of the disease as well as some misconceptions, increase in household and community hygiene practice...

Prognosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome in the African: the Nigerian experience.

The clinical features of the Guillain-Barré syndrome in 34 Nigerian patients are reported. The patients were treated with oral prednisolone 20 mg three times daily for a minimum of six weeks. Twenty-seven patients recovered completely and five others showed considerable improvement, although three of them appeared to be `steroid dependent'. Two patients died. The good prognosis and the response...