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Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
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Friday, September 11, 2015

See the village in America where the Yoruba culture is being practiced



This is Oyotunji village in South Carolina. The community was founded by a black America named Walter Eugene King who was born on October 5, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Eugene went to the Cass Technical High School and got fascinated by the African culture. He also got exposed to the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe at the age of 20 which increased his love for the African culture, particularly that of the Yorubas.

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Why Nigeria's plans for a dream Eldorado city are not radical enough

A designer's view of Eko Atlantic's central marina. The new city will be home to quarter of a million people and employ a further 150,000 commuters.

(CNN)The government of the state of Lagos -- Nigeria's former capital -- has proudly proclaimed it is building a new city that will become the new financial center of Nigeria, and perhaps West Africa. The scale of the Eko Atlantic project is immense and progress is being achieved through a team effort between investors, planners, engineers and contractors.

Pitched as Africa's answer to Dubai, Eko Atlantic is a multibillion dollar residential and business development that is located as an appendage to Victoria Island, and along the renowned Bar Beach shoreline in Lagos. The plan is that it will:
  • Consist of ten square kilometers (3.86 square miles) of land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean
  • Be home to quarter of a million people and employ a further 150,000 people who will commute on daily basis
  • Be billed as a 24-hour, green-conscious, world-class city; and
  • Attract and retain top multinational corporations