Hey All, I had the privilege of guest-posting about a bit of a personal Nigerian experience on the 3six5NG blog. I wrote more in the stream of consciousness because of the constraints, but it was fun. I have included an excerpt below, but let me know what you think. (click here for the rest of…
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Nigeria: Everyday Excitement
So I was talking to the CEO of a major Nigerian company one day, and he jokingly said that he couldn’t live anywhere else in the world because it would be too boring… “In Nigeria” he said “you may turn on the light switch, and the light may come on or not come on, you…
Nigeria: Count big money
Chai! would you believe I still think in dollars? every time someone tells me that something costs 200,000 I am like ahn ahn wetin… money dey grow for tree? but N200,000 is only about $1,500… it’s a lot of money, but not hundreds of thousands… Sometimes I overestimate, other times I underestimate… The other day…
Nigeria:You gotta learn to shout!
So today a new series begins…*gen *gen! I call it “p.s. I love Nigeria” Every Friday I’ll write a bit about Nigeria, it can range from any topic – fashion, news, history, whatever – but it will be at least slightly related to Nigeria, and maybe with some Nigerian vernacular… so let’s go! — Elvin…
Leaking Jesus
If you lift up Jesus, everybody comes – Bob Goff I wrote a book review of “Love Does” by Bob Goff, and I said that I would be writing another review…but for now I wanted to share this video. It’s an interview of Bob Goff, and it helps you to see the kind of person he…