Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category

February 11th, 2010 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Africa

Die Antwoord…fact or fiction?

Everyone’s abuzz about Die Antwoord. I guess VICE was there first, now boingboing, again and again. I’m probably that last one to hear about them (they have nearly 20,000 Facebook fans). Who are they? They appear to be these ‘other side of the tracks’ hipster/rappers/ravers from South Africa + Continue Reading

June 8th, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Africa

Intercrap – Strange But True!

Intercrap

Intercrap

I think I’ve seen it all. There’s actually an organization called INTERCRAP. I had to reduce the logo but check to the far right.

It’s a Nigerian organization and I’m really unsure why they have an American flag on their site. The homepage also has a picture of Barry Obama.

Research also shows that inter-crap is defined in urbandictionary.com as:

Inter-crap

A basic combonation of the words internet and crap. Means spam, junk mail, bad websites, eBay-like-websites, things that are just plain wrong on the internet, websites that say they have things but they really don’t, etc…

most websites that have anything to do with a children show is usually a porn sight or a load of inter-crap

June 1st, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Africa, Kitlas, Nigeria

Lost Photos


I totally forgot I had these pictures. Great stuff of some kids in a remote village, a school in the same remote village, verdant hills and valleys, some kids in a small town, a few city (Lagos) shots), and me mugging for the camera with a really big beard (which I’ve since kept off). These were all taken around the same time (the end of 2007, beginning of 2008) on a business and vacation trip that took me around Nigeria.

March 27th, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Africa, Health, Kitlas, Nigeria

Leukemia Caregiving During the Holidays

My sister Elizabeth was interviewed about Leukemia caregiving during the holidays by Everyday Health.

You can read the interview/article here.

March 20th, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Africa, Business, Health, Kitlas, Nigeria, Urban Planning

The World’s Worst Places to Work

Lagos

Lagos

According to BusinessWeek, Lagos gets the crown.