I said two posts ago that I am now working in Cotonou. One of my colleagues who once lived in America, and who goes to Nigeria very often, told me today that Nigerians are just like Americans. Nigerians think that the whole world hates them, that other Africans are jealous of them, and that no… Read More »
I moved to Cotonou yesterday. From what I’ve seen, it is a pretty normal city. I will be here for a while so whoever is passing by/around could leave me a message. Of course, I will continue blogging.
Sunday morning, I went through my iTunes library and deleted some songs that have failed to serve their functions. No, it is not the fault of the tracks; I got them for the wrong reasons. See, some songs are attached to some thoughts, experiences, and feelings, and after a while, I looked for and collected… Read More »
Yesterday, I went with a childhood friend to the 40th birthday ceremony of his uncle. The wife was there, pregnant; the 6 years old daughter was also there. Close to where the pregnant wife and her friends sat were the man’s girlfriend and her two friends. I turned to my friend to ask how a… Read More »
Thursday morning, I was at a bank in Ibadan with a friend who teaches at the University. A man came to the bank sometime after we got there with three children. My friend looked at the kids who were busy tossing a filled balloon over their heads and wondered if I felt the thrills of… Read More »
After a successful conference in Copenhagen, I got on a flight to Lagos, through Paris. The flight went pretty well, and we got to Lagos late in the evening. I had been out of Nigeria for a little over a while, and what struck me was the way things had not changed. I lived in… Read More »
I spent the earlier hours of today reading blogs. There are blogs I normally read – I even have them on my google reader – but I thought I would explore a little. The result is below.
I am actually typing this on the train taking me from Hannover to Stuttgart. I am moving from my quiet eastern German town of Halle to a relatively busier Stuttgart. Here is how the edition of Lonely Planet that is about Germany describes Stuttgart: The city [Stuttgart] is… the birthplace of two gadgets that have… Read More »
If you were not to drive from Badagry into Lagos, and you were to take public transportation, or better still a bus, you would notice the high number of traders on that route. I often did this last year, during the time I lived in Badagry. I would get into the bus, sit, with my… Read More »
I am supposed to be on vacation this week, and so I have tried to reduce my net activity to as little as possible. To help me relax I bought me an iPod, downloaded a lot of documentaries, got Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and decided that nothing was going to… Read More »