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4 februari 2009 | Door: Thessa

Party galore

Before I came to Nigeria, I had all those romantic misconceptions about Africa: I would see an elephant around each corner, life would be pleasantly calm, and people knew how to sing and dance. Well... in the 7 times I went to the game reserve with ...

Suleja - Nigeria

12 januari 2009 | Door: Thessa

naked capitalism

"So you have no children?" "No..." "And you are not married?" At this I become a little bit reluctant to continue the conversation, but ok, here you go: "no". "What?! And that at YOUR age?" The discomfort grows... I ask him timidly how old he ...

Suleja - Nigeria

19 december 2008 | Door: Thessa

Chopping

Nigeria is one of the most corrupt nations in the world, a well-known fact. Recently it climbed significantly in the ranks of Transparency International, but this was measured just before one of the more promising anti-corruption fighters was ...

Suleja - Nigeria

1 december 2008 | Door: Thessa

Under the surface

It sounds so romantic: the Giant of Africa, home to numerous ethnic groups and religions. The cultural display at the Abuja Carnival of only a week ago was astounding, and this December month we’ll enjoy quite a few holidays because in this ...

Suleja - Nigeria

24 november 2008 | Door: Thessa

Abuja Carnival

The Giant of Africa was showing it's cultural wealth during the annual Abuja Carnival. Since I had neither running water or light at home there was nothing to keep me indoors and so I ventured out to see the stunning diversity Nigeria should be ...

Suleja - Nigeria

21 november 2008 | Door: Thessa

Random conversation

"Oyibo!" (newspaper seller at traffic light) "hmmm" (me being grumpy) "Oyibo, what brings you here?" "hm, dunno" "But who brought you here?!" "Uh, God perhaps?" "ALL THE WAY FROM CUBA?!?!?!" How can you stay grumpy when you hear such ...

Suleja - Nigeria

7 november 2008 | Door: Thessa

If the USA was Nigeria

You would think Obama is a Nigerian the way people here are talking about him, supporting him. One newspaper writes "the man who could be king" and probably wishes Nigeria had such a politician to vote for. Then again, as a popular mail sent around ...

Suleja - Nigeria

4 november 2008 | Door: Thessa

My compound

When people ask me about my life in Nigeria and ask me about the people in my life, normally my neighbours in the compound are overlooked. I get intimate questions about the men in my life, but we never discuss that I have seen most of my neighbours ...

Suleja - Nigeria

30 oktober 2008 | Door: Thessa

The news

“I wonder why people are so wicked. You just wake-up in the morning to find your house entrance with heaps of feaces and nobody seems to care enough to take drastic action”. In another article I read the sentence “with various water sports ...

Suleja - Nigeria

10 oktober 2008 | Door: Thessa

How to drive in Nigeria

I drive around every day and enjoy it –and thank whoever’s up there for each day without an accident. Accidents happen here. A lot. That you can buy a driving license for about 25 euro doesn’t help of course… You don’t really need to know ...

Suleja - Nigeria

7 oktober 2008 | Door: Thessa

2 years in Nigeria

2 years in madness. 2 years of giving up comfort and money only to end up as a much richer person. 2 years of freedom and human warmth. 2 years of discovering, laughing, sensing, crying, of growing. 2 years of frustration, of fun. 2 years of ...

Suleja - Nigeria

17 september 2008 | Door: Thessa

Coping with constant light

I have had constant light for over a week now. This has been an absolute first for me in Nigeria, and even though I started off being terribly happy about all the light, by now I realize it is a dangerous situation… First of all, I’m getting ...

Suleja - Nigeria

16 september 2008 | Door: Thessa

Damsel in distress

Once upon I was a woman who was capable of doing things herself. These days I have given up on my independence and have become part of a larger mechanism called society in which every person has its role. So don’t even think about doing someone ...

Suleja - Nigeria

4 september 2008 | Door: Thessa

Go catch thieves

One of the main comments “the white” get (apart from being power-hungry descendants of Sodom & Gomorra of course!) is that they are individualists & selfish; we put our elders in retirement homes, don’t even know the name of our neighbours, ...

Suleja - Nigeria

1 september 2008 | Door: Thessa

How I became a chief

A while back I received an unexpected letter; the Eze (King) of Umuaga Nguru, Ngor Okpala, Imo State had decided to give me a chieftaincy title during the celebration of his 30 years on the throne. It seems that his son, who I met while working as a ...

Suleja - Nigeria

25 augustus 2008 | Door: Thessa

Living in 2 worlds

Nearly 2 years in Nigeria have gone by without a trip to my motherland and my holiday these last few weeks was a celebration of friendship that survives time and distance. What a fantastic, rich feeling to know so many good people! Apart from that ...

Suleja - Nigeria

28 juli 2008 | Door: Thessa

There will be blood

It was interesting to see a film set in the United States during the oil rush, around the year 1910 –and to be constantly reminded of Nigeria. The way communities were just set aside by the big men, while at the same time struggling among ...

Suleja - Nigeria

22 juli 2008 | Door: Thessa

Inbreeding

One oyibo to the other: “I have met this fantastic man! We have been going out for some time now, and he is just so interesting, caring, interested in me and open minded –it’s just fantastic! I am so happy to have found him!” “Is he ...

Suleja - Nigeria

18 juli 2008 | Door: Thessa

Romance...

There are great, gorgeous men here who are really interesting and could be great friends. There are also other men… The type that thinks that love & a relationship can be created out of thin air, and that women can only be persuaded with extreme ...

Suleja - Nigeria

17 juli 2008 | Door: Thessa

This thing

Nigerians are generally intelligent people. That people here can understand each other is probably clear proof of that. After all, a lot of conversations feature the word “thing” and related words. A typical sentence could go like: “please get ...

Suleja - Nigeria

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