Another week is at an end. I have learnt more German this week, and things are generally going ok. I am even scared of saying that things are going fine, thinking that saying it might somehow jinx things….. Talking about feeling good and happiness brings something else to my mind. I had a strange feeling… Read More »
Yea, it is belated but isn’t that better than nothing? That is presumptive me again, thinking that I have an audience. But what is better than positive self-deception, especially when one knows the true picture?What have I been up to apart from generally not blogging? Well, I was in Uppsala for the Christmas. You know… Read More »
I got to Halle two days ago. The flight was ok. I first got to Frankfurt and then changed planes to Leipzig/Halle Airport. From the airport I took a train to Halle. Don’t you worry, I will keep you all updated about what is going on.
Yea, I guess that you must know from the title of this post that I am getting ready to leave for the Max Planck Insitute for Social Anthropology. I got the position I was interviewed for and I am going to be in Halle/Saale for three years. Well, not quite. During the interview, my supervisor,… Read More »
Sometime in June I sent an application to the Max-Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany. I have written a bit about the research I am interested in so I don’t think I should go on and spell it out again here. I sent the proposal to them, along with an application for a PhD… Read More »
Ok, the last time I took off without any introduction I started by begging for my inconsistency, I wonder how I should start this. Alright, I wont bore you with the apologies this time; suffice it to say that a lot has happened and I am going to go through them in a rush so… Read More »
On June 9 my grandmother was buried. I would really have loved to elaborate on what went on during the burial but I think that it suffices to say that it was a carnival of sorts. The corpse was brought from the morgue on June 8 and there was some ceremony in the evening. The… Read More »
I have not been able to post anything on my blog for the past few days because I have been busy running around. I have just made an application to the University of Ibadan for a PhD programme in African Studies (Anthropology option). Doesn’t that just sound a bit strange, especially if one thinks that… Read More »
Today (21 April) is my birthday. I woke up at a friend’s house in Lagos. I don’t think I have mentioned it around here that I am currently in a town close to the Nigerian border with the Republic of Benin, to learn French. Well, I am. I decided to learn French for two reasons.… Read More »
By 14.10 on April 5, Mrs. Abigail Kehinde Olugboji died. She was 87 years old. Those are the facts. Yea, my maternal grandmother died at the relatively old age of 87. Not many people would think that calls for any sorrow: she was old, wasn’t she? But for all those who have recorded the death… Read More »