Nigerian Activist Chooses Exile Over Life In The Closet

TEN YEARS AGO, BISI ALIMI CAME OUT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION IN NIGERIA. HE SAYS THE MOVE ALIENATED HIM FROM HIS FAMILY AND FORCED HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY. Listen To Interview > TRANSCRIPT MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Now we'd like to go back to …

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Female Doctor Beats Odds To Bring Air Ambulance To Nigeria

EXPERTS SAID DR. OLA OREKUNRIN'S DREAM TO CREATE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE IN NIGERIA WAS IMPOSSIBLE. BUT A DOCTOR AND HELICOPTER PILOT, SHE HAD THE SKILLS AND DEDICATION TO MAKE IT WORK. OREKUNRIN TELLS HOST MICHEL MARTIN ABOUT FLYING DOCTORS NIGERS. Listen To Interview > TRANSCRIPT MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to turn now to another …

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A Tiny Island Finally Connects to the World Wide Web

SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND RWANDA, THE ISLAND OF IDJAWI HAD NO INTERNET ACCESS UNTIL LAST MONTH. HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH JACQUES SEBISAHO, A DOCTOR AND NATIVE OF IDJWI ISLAND, ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS RESPONDED TO THE INTERNET Listen To Interview > TRANSCRIPT SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When's the last …

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