Friday Night Africa in DC: Networking in a U Street Bar and Nigeria’s Embassy

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Bala Mohammed, Bamanga Tukur, Embassy of Nigeria in US, Howard Jeter, PDP Nigeria, Semhar Araia, Sino - Africa DC

I’m not a natural when it comes to networking, but I’ve been trying to push myself in that regard lately and having the blog gives me a good talking point.  To that end I attended the third #DCAfrica Tweetup yesterday at Lost Society on 14th and U and instead of taking the 14th street bus home, I then continued the festivities at the Nigerian Embassy, where there were some major heavyweights in attendance.

‘We Deserve More Kudos for Effort’: Nigeria’s Speaker of the House at SAIS

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Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Bamanga Tukur, Boko Haram, Damaturu, Femi Gbaja Biamila, Maiduguri, Nigeria electricity, Nigerian Politics, Paul Lubeck, PDP Split, Peter Lewis, Sokoto

The Speaker Sandwiched Between SAIS Nigeria Experts Drs. Lubeck & Lewis

Fall is descending upon us, which means that area schools are back in session and the number of Africanist events is increasing (I’m planning to attend my first ever event at Howard, organized by the energetic Winslow Robertson, this Thursday on a Sino – Africa theme). Today, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representative (he represents the northern Sokoto State) and a member of the governing People’s Democratic Party (to which he defected in 2007 I believe) spoke on “Regional Security Challenges and Nigeria’s Future”.  He was accompanied by several other lawmakers who answered their fair share of questions as well (anyone know why they were in town?).