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Government security forces were implicated in the deaths of at least 90 of the hundreds of people killed in religious violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos last month

Yup, "witches" are still being killed on a daily basis in Africa. And you don't have to be willing to believe The Huffington Post to realize this -- the stories are covered almost daily on the SubGenius Bulldada Newsblog. But when the USA funds the schools that teach the religious values that cause people to do this? Then we become a country that is literally funding child torture and abuse. In the name of religion, of course. It seems religion makes people in the 3rd world far more savage than in the first world. I guess they don't have armies to hide behind like we do. At least they're not beheading and bombing random people -- But no, they just do it to their children instead.

Er steht jetzt hinter der Kulisse, trocknet sich den Schweiß von der Stirn und steigt in seine Jeans, die Augen sind müde. "Die Russinnen fahren mich in ihren teuren Autos herum, aber ich bin nur ihr Spielzeug", sagt er. Wenn er einer Russin sage, sie solle ihm Tee kochen, tue sie das nur, wenn er darum bitte, klagt Bobby. "Und wenn ich mal die Stimme hebe und etwas lauter werde, erklärt sie mir gleich, dass das so nicht gehe." Das letzte Mal, als Bobby zu seinen Geschwistern nach Nigeria flog, sei etwas Merkwürdiges passiert. "Ich konnte auf einmal nicht mehr laut werden gegenüber einer Frau", sagt er. "Ich habe in Russland meine Kraft und meine Seele verloren."

A Pentecostal preacher from Nigeria has made big plans to save your soul. (Newsweek)

De naira is de munteenheid van Nigeria.

What better way to kick off the New Year with UNRELEASED Fela tracks. These recordings were recorded for radio in Lagos, back in 1965, and have never been released, EVER. This post also includes a very interesting 1967 Fela interview. Check it out!!! Happy New Year and best wishes for 2009.

At a hospital in Enugu, a large city in Nigeria's southeast, 20 teenage girls were rescued in May in a police swoop on what was believed to be one of the largest infant trafficking rings in the west African country.

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Strobist: One SB600 in a shoot-through umbrella at camera left, slightly behind the model. One bare SB600 at camera right.

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COUNTRY: NIGERIA
ETHNIC GROUP: YORUBA
MATERIAL: WOOD
HEIGHT: 17 in.

This piece was made exclusively for the international art market. It's about 17 in. tall. I bought it because the carving is very high quality, as evidenced by the attention to detail. It is also faithful to traditional motifs.

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Although the masks represent women, the dancers are men. The purpose of the Gelede masquerade is to please the "mothers".

I don't know who took this great photograph.

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COUNTRY: NIGERIA
ETHNIC GROUP: YORUBA
MATERIALS: WOOD, PIGMENT
HEIGHT: 39 in.

This is Oneal, the Earth Goddess of the Yoruba. Oneal statues are usually cast in bronze and are not this large. This is the only one I have seen in wood. I consider this one of the top pieces in my collection.

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Near the end of the London-to-Lagos journey. A train ride from Kano in northern Nigeria to Lagos