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Pregnancy and childbirth are extremely risky for Nigerian women. The standard approach to addressing this is to encourage women to visit health centres. But, in places with few or poor health services, this isn’t the answer. Anne Cockcroft and Neil Andersson explain the value of universal home visits in this context.
Hip-hop artists in Nigeria reflect on socioeconomic realities through their songs, performances and records. This landscape includes cybercriminals, commonly known as “Yahoo Boys” – the people who set up fake internet accounts to defraud their victims. Suleman Ibrahim Lazarus describes how hip-hop holds up a mirror to these fraudsters’ role in society.
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Home visit trials strongly encouraged spouses to get involved.
Anne Cockroft
Anne Cockcroft, McGill University; Neil Andersson, McGill University
Home visits as part of community-based schemes to women during and after pregnancy can improve the health of mothers and babies.
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Nigerian artist D’banj’s 2004 song Mobolowowon had the first cyber fraud theme in hip-hop music.
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Suleman Ibrahim Lazarus, Royal Holloway
Hip-hop artists in Nigeria unpack the realities of the country's cyber fraudsters.
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Business + Economy
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Ifeanyi Onwuzuruigbo, University of Pretoria
Northern Nigeria's cattle rustling problem is aggravated by the regions ungoverned forests.
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Albert N. Kimbu, University of Surrey; Frederick Dayour, University for Development Studies
Backpacking is growing and West African countries such as Ghana need to actively attract them.
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Health + Medicine
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Bob Mash, Stellenbosch University
South Africa has the potential to improve primary health care.
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Israel Paul Nyarubeli, University of Bergen
Measures to control or reduce workplace noise exposure are critical to reducing hearing loss in workers.
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From our international editions
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Bill Laurance, James Cook University; Penny van Oosterzee, James Cook University
When people build fences across semi-arid landscapes we cut off vital paths to seasonal food and water.
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Lenin Cavalcanti Brito Guerra, University of Saskatchewan
The popularity of Brazil's new president has decreased significantly in just a few months. Why? Too much controversy and too few ideas.
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Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth
The backlash against sexual harassment and assault of women in Mexico was slow to get started, but thanks to a Twitter campaign, women in all professions are now beginning to speak out.
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Joannie Tremblay-Boire, University of Maryland; Aseem Prakash, University of Washington
It's not necessarily because of Islamophobia.
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