Apart from the Nigerian media and a BBC story this has not had much traction. It is a scandal. Al Jazeera English reports (video embedded below) about Senator Sani Ahmed Yerima who is hiding behind religion. Apparently he divorced another of his 4 wives (his ex-wife was 15 year old when he married her in 2006) to marry his current bride--a 13 year old Egyptian girl. I hope this guy goes to prison for breaking the law. And so do those who officiated the marriage as well as the Egyptian girl's family who agreed to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQJ8Rbgiox4

It's worth the price of admission to hear Cornel West say of the conservative British author--with emphasis--"She has a diverse corpus and I like to devour every word of it." And then he looks pleased with himself. (It's from a series done by the Morgan Library & Museum in midtown Manhattan.) http://vimeo.com/8351184 H/T: Teju Cole.

The brilliant rapper Guru, who also recorded as Gang Starr (with his music partner, the equally talented DJ Premier) and known for his series of “Jazzmatazz’’ albums released between 1993 to 2007, died this early week of cancer at the age of 48. Good obituaries by first Guru's brother in The Boston Globe, then by music writer Jon Caramanica in The New York Times and by Oliver Wang in The LA Times. Rest in peace. The best way to get a sense of this man's oeuvre is to download DJ Matthew Africa's quickly assembled Gang Starr Mixtape, here.