The Nahmias Cipher Report

Have you ever seen gorgeous, impossibly intricate head wraps and wondered how these beautiful, exotic women fashioned them? Well, when I was a child in Nigeria, these were my very thoughts until Mama Nyiyi taught my mother and aunt how to wrap the “Gele” as this Yoruba head wrap is named.

The Gele goes beyond mere head covering, these wraps are creations of art. This post also contains an instructional video on how to properly wrap the Gele.

Cattle for wives. The plight of a daughter when an expat goes rogue.

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 03:54 AM EDT, 24 November 2009 LAGOS, Nigeria – It was 1970 when my father announced that we would be moving to Ile Ife, Nigeria. The move was precipitated by an incident in which my father was unjustly arrested by a racist policeman while driving me and my siblings home [...]

Supplementing local diets with insects for protein.

How to time travel with the aid of spices and African cuisine.