Here’s a story in the NY Times I started work on a long time ago. Nice to see it finally go up.

LAGOS, Nigeria — Early this year, the crew members of the Mareena 1 fishing trawler had just finished hauling in their catch 15 miles off the coast and were settling into their bunks for a few hours of sleep when they were awakened by machine-gun fire.

A story I wrote for Time.com about boxers in the home village of the current WBC heavyweight champ.

On a small patch of dirt, next to a shed lined with harvested cassava tubers, two young men circle each other with gloved fists raised, their frayed sneakers kicking up dust as they move in search of an opening. They punch wildly, sometimes hitting the opponent’s face or body, more often hitting air and stumbling off balance. The crowd of young men leaning on their Chinese-made motorcycles doesn’t seem to mind. Their whoops and jeers accompany every haymaker and uppercut thrown.

I was quoted in a Voice of America story about the oil issue in Nigeria. Not sure I really stack up against the other folks interviewed in the piece, but cool nonetheless.