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Hello. I'm Robbie Honerkamp. I'm a graduate student in Political Science, International Business, and Geographic Information Systems at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Yes, I am somewhat crazy. Thanks for asking :-)

My interests are fairly eclectic though you'll most often find me working on Georgia (US State) or Africa-related topics. I also sometimes poke through pages listed as needing cleanup to see if there are any I could help with.

I'm currently working on cleaning up and writing new Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea-related entries. Recently I've been working on updating and creating new pages about the political systems of various African states- there's a lot of outdated lists of members of Cabinets, especially. I've also been writing articles that detail the history of Nigerian corporations, primarily government-owned ventures such as the Nigerian Coal Corporation, the Nigerian radio operator, the Electrical Corporation, etc.

My website is at http://www.shorty.com/~robbie/ . Contact information may be found there.

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[edit] To-do List

  • Create entry for Fatai Olagunjo (Fatai Rolling Dollar). Refs:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=372069 http://fatai_rolling_dollar.mondomix.com/en/portrait2116.htm http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/fajemisin/041507.html http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showtime/2006/may/26/showtime-26-05-2006-003.htm http://www.nigerianevergreenmusic.com/fatai-rolling-dollar.htm

[edit] Finished project list

I didn't used to track the pages I wrote or rewrote, but I'm going to start so that I can go back and update them in the future.

[edit] Sources

I am trying to do more research for articles from printed books and journals. It's easy to write an article using web sources, but when looking into the developing world, it can be very difficult to find detailed, accurate information on topics that are slightly off the beaten path. I do use web sources, but I recognize a main problem with them- there are few good websites that provide reliable, unbiased information about the developing world. And citing a website that doesn't itself cite its sources can lead to Wikipedia bringing in information that just isn't accurate, but because it's cited and because it's about a part of the world that most people aren't familiar with, it ends up not being checked for accuracy.

I am more than happy to help people research information for articles. I've listed a few of the books I own that I always have available for reference should someone have a question, as well as some library books I've used or are using for articles that I can get within a few days. Additionally, if there's an article that someone would like to see written, I'll consider requests. And if you happen to be getting rid of some books and would like to donate them to me, I'll happily dig into them and start working on new articles. My contact information is at the top of the page.

These sources are only books that I have used or are using for articles. I'm not trying to make an exhaustive list of possible sources.

[edit] Owned Sources

Some of these books can be very hard to find (for example, I bet I have the only copy of Salako's book on Ota outside of Nigeria), so I'm happy to provide information from them to other editors as needed. Others aren't so hard to find, but since they're usually handy, I'll still be glad to help a little with them.

[edit] Equatorial Guinea

  • "Small Is Not Always Beautiful" by Max Liniger-Goumaz
  • "Tropical Gangsters" by Robert Klitgaard
  • "The Wonga Coup" by Adam Roberts

[edit] Nigeria

  • "My Life" by Sir Ahmadu Bello
  • "Nigerian Cities" ed. Toyin Falola and Steven Salm
  • "Ota: Biography of the Foremost Awori Town" by Ruhollah Ajibola Salako
  • "Shehu Musa Yar'Adua: A Life of Service" by Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation / JW Farris
  • "This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria" by Karl Maier

[edit] General

  • "Africa" by the Council on Foreign Relations
  • "Africa: A Biography of the Continent" by John Reader
  • "Africa in History" by Basil Davidson
  • "African Foreign Policies" by Wright
  • "The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800" by Christopher Ehret
  • "General History of Africa Abridged: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century (Vol. IV)" ed. J. Ki-Zerbo and DT Niane
  • "General History of Africa Unabridged: Africa Since 1935 (Vol. VIII)" ed. Ali Mazrui
  • "The History of Africa" by Kevin Shillington
  • "The Lost Cities of Africa" by Basil Davidson
  • "Medieval Africa: 1250-1800" by Roland Oliver and Anthony Atmore
  • "West Africa: An Introduction to its History" by Michael Crowder

[edit] Library Sources

Again, some of these can be hard to find. I don't have immediate access to these, but if needed I can get them within a few days.

[edit] Equatorial Guinea

  • "Equatorial Guinea: Colonialism, State Terror, and the Search for Stability" by Ibrahim Sundiata
  • "The Trial of Macias in Equatorial Guinea: The Story of a Dictatorship" by Dr. Alejandro Artucio

[edit] Nigeria

  • "The Trial of Obafemi Awolowo" by LK Jakande
  • "Yoruba Land Law" by PC Lloyd

[edit] General

  • "Integration of Customary and Modern Legal Systems in Africa", proceedings of a conference at the University of Ife, Nigeria.
  • "Readings in African Law" vols 1&2 ed. by E Cotran and NN Rubin

[edit] Userboxland

This user is a member of WikiProject Nigeria.
This user is a member of
WikiProject Africa.


This user is a member of WikiProject Equatorial Guinea.
This user has a Political Science degree.


[edit] CSB Project Tasks

WikiProject Countering systemic bias open tasks
This project creates new articles and improves neglected ones.


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