да я тоже, просто поискал в нете и в числе прочего попалась статеечка, вот: http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.com/2012/05/quick-libnih-tutorial...А название зачетное, да.
И цели проекта хороши:
Its goals are:
* despite its name, to _not_ reimplement anything found in the
standard C library or any library normally found in /lib;
* use standard C types and conventions where appropriate;
* have a simple and consistent programming interface;
* be useful to library developers without needing to be exposed in
the library's API;
* not hide implementation details or structure contents, we're all
adults after all.
Лично мне всё это весьма близко.