Archive for August, 2009
Kano only a week to go
This along with all my other Africa blogs were actually emails sent to friends and family. I didn’t know much about blogs at the time but now I do. OK so I know that some of you are deleting these emails by now but for those of you that are still interested I’ll give you one more piece on what I’m doing here before I get home. Things are so different here in Nigeria that in east Africa. Whe
My style
Welcome to my page.I want to do something different with this page.My yarns would be in pidgin English.For those who will want to learn pidgin English this would be a good avenue.About myselDem born me some 35years ago.I be hussler.I sabi my job well well.I go skool for Unifasiti of NAIJA for Nsukka.I learn Matimatiks n Komputer 4 skool.I dey travel like river.I sabi speak Queens Englishsmall Fr
What’s new in Calabar
OK I’m posting this really late so some of these aren’t terribly new but here in Calabar ‘tigs dey happeno’ While most outgoing governors here are busy planning to leave the country there is some nontrivial stuff being unveiled as Mr Duke prepares to leave office. Well done
Afi Mountains Drill Ranch
One of the real bright spots that we encountered in Nigeria was the Drill Ranch conservation project in the Afi Mountains. Drill Monkeys are one of the most endangered monkey species due to hunting and habitat destruction. The conservation project has a breeding and rehab centre in Calabar and then the Monkeys are taken to the Drill Ranch in the rain forest of the Afi Mountains where they are p