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First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Africa Confidential on Ibrahim Bah and a ridiculous Italian businessman

Africa Confidential turns its focus this week to Ibrahim Bah, who was a key financial conduit between the RUF and Charles Taylor during the Liberian and Sierra Leonean wars [the articles are gated]. Despite being under a UN travel ban and asset freeze, ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 14 2013]

Entities: Africa Confidential, Freetown (Sierra Leone), Charles Taylor, Guinea-Bissau

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

At least 10 of 27 Borno state local governments controlled by Boko Haram

Tim Cocks, who seems to have gone to Baga this month, on Boko Haram and Borno state : The Islamists now control at least 10 of the 27 local council areas in Borno state, Nigeria’s most remote northeastern region on the edge of the Sahara and a relic ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 13 2013]

Entities: Boko Haram, Chad, Assassination, Nigeria

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Americanah, or the elite rationality of nameless medicine

I just finished Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book, Americanah . It was at points a very fun read, a novel through which a young woman describes how she sees America having grown up in Nigeria, and then how she sees Lagos after more than a decade ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 12 2013]

Entities: African Students' Association, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

World Bank Group

Morning musings on survey question design

This morning I’ve been Googling for sample survey questions that measure concepts that lots of academics are interested in. For example, I want some questions on my survey to measure social capital, and see no need to completely recreate the wheel. I ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 11 2013]

Entities: Enterprise, World Bank Group, Gabon

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

University of Kansas

“Vehicular religiosities” and “auto-spiritualities”

Excerpts from an article on the connection between religion and cars in Nigeria , by Ebenezer Obadare , a sociologist at University of Kansas: [hat tip to Cat] In Lagos, Nigeria, though, the social and physical circumstances which enable communing ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 08 2013]

Entities: Car Accidents, University of Kansas, Nigeria, Lagos (Nigeria)

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

With all due respect, I strongly disagree with myself

A seemingly ordinary footnote, until one realizes that North is one of the paper’s authors. Mancur Olson’s (1993) roving and stationary bandits and Douglass North’s (1981) revenue maximizing monarchs are at the center of the two most persuasive attempts ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 07 2013]

Entities: Douglass North, Mancur Olson

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

MTN meets public health, kind of

One of the small pleasures of Lagos was the free trial subscription I accepted from MTN for daily health tips via SMS. They were always about honey. Until they were always about lemon. Some highlights: Honey is referred to as “Yogavahi” since it has ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 01 2013]

Entities: Public Health, Bactericide, Hydrogen Peroxide, Antiviral

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

I heart Lagos

From the Lagos State Government Facebook page: ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Lagos (Nigeria), Lagos State, Facebook Inc

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

On the proposed Boko Haram amnesty

Africa Confidential has an article [gated] on the new opposition alliance in Nigeria and the proposed Boko Haram amnesty. Excerpts: The membership of the President’s Amnesty Committee for Boko Haram, chaired by Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Tanimu ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Boko Haram, Africa Confidential, Guinea Conakry, Dismissal

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

What is a delay?

I was pre-testing my survey with a market trader this morning. I asked him how often products that he orders arrive later than they are supposed to. How often are there delays? “We are used to delays. If my supplier says 1 week, I know it will be 2 ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 24 2013]

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Ladipo spare parts market

I went to the Ladipo spare parts market in Mushin today. It had path after path after path of second-hand steering pumps, engines, and things I don’t know the names of. Chairs made of spare parts! ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 22 2013]

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

More treatment might be bad for very sick children in resource-constrained settings

It’s one of those things that you remember as happening more frequently than it actually does. You’re alone in some foreign country, doing laptop work at a bar. You start chatting with a group of people who turn out to be extremely interesting. They ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: bolus, Mortality, perfusion

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Africa Confidential on Ibrahim Bah and a ridicu... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 14 2013]
At least 10 of 27 Borno state local governments... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 13 2013]
Americanah, or the elite rationality of nameles... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 12 2013]
Morning musings on survey question design [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 11 2013]
“Vehicular religiosities” and “auto-spiritualit... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 08 2013]
With all due respect, I strongly disagree with ... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 07 2013]
MTN meets public health, kind of [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 01 2013]
I heart Lagos [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 27 2013]
On the proposed Boko Haram amnesty [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 27 2013]
What is a delay? [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 24 2013]
Ladipo spare parts market [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 22 2013]
More treatment might be bad for very sick child... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 18 2013]
Opposition party in Equatorial Guinea urges ele... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 17 2013]
Margaret Thatcher supported son’s failed coup a... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 17 2013]
Lagos pictures [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 14 2013]
Google directions for Lagos now includes landma... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 12 2013]
Observations from an attempt to buy Blackberrie... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 11 2013]
“Lean In” as an updated “Protestant Ethic and t... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 05 2013]
Roger Ebert on his political beliefs [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 05 2013]
Why AQIM prefers Ansaru to Boko Haram [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Apr 01 2013]
The Nigeria pardon scandal, and pardoning the p... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Mar 30 2013]
What’s up with Lagos? [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Mar 29 2013]
“Lagos is a no-go area for miscreants” [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Mar 27 2013]
Local knowledge? [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Mar 25 2013]
Admission [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Mar 24 2013]
Relational contracting and the Maine lobster ma... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Mar 19 2013]
One take on the relationship between Boko Haram... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Mar 18 2013]
Things I haven’t had time to blog about [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Mar 08 2013]
A tiny sliver of Alaba International Market [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Feb 18 2013]
Internet exclusion in West Africa [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - Feb 14 2013]

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Africa Confidential on Ibrahim Bah and a ridicu... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 14 2013] Africa Confidential turns its focus this week to Ibrahim Bah, who was a key financial conduit between the RUF and Charles Taylor during the Liberian and Sierra Leonean wars [the articles are gated]. Despite being under a UN travel ban and asset freeze, ...
At least 10 of 27 Borno state local governments... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 13 2013] Tim Cocks, who seems to have gone to Baga this month, on Boko Haram and Borno state : The Islamists now control at least 10 of the 27 local council areas in Borno state, Nigeria’s most remote northeastern region on the edge of the Sahara and a relic ...
Americanah, or the elite rationality of nameles... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 12 2013] I just finished Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book, Americanah . It was at points a very fun read, a novel through which a young woman describes how she sees America having grown up in Nigeria, and then how she sees Lagos after more than a decade ...
Morning musings on survey question design [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 11 2013] This morning I’ve been Googling for sample survey questions that measure concepts that lots of academics are interested in. For example, I want some questions on my survey to measure social capital, and see no need to completely recreate the wheel. I ...
“Vehicular religiosities” and “auto-spiritualit... [Published Shelby Grossman's Blog - May 08 2013] Excerpts from an article on the connection between religion and cars in Nigeria , by Ebenezer Obadare , a sociologist at University of Kansas: [hat tip to Cat] In Lagos, Nigeria, though, the social and physical circumstances which enable communing ...