Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Virtual Africa: Nigeria

 

One day (...according to email after email...) my prince will come.

And when he does...apparently he will be from Nigeria.

In fact, if you believe the internet, the country is absolutely crawling with them...desperate to give away millions to your offshore account. You have only to provide your pass-code and bank number.

(...rolling my eyes...)

RIGHT.

Prince scam, or romance scam, aside....today we will explore the country of Nigeria.

You are here.

A rich (by African standards) bustling country in Africa.

Doing so well, in fact, that the growing population- by both birth and migration- is becoming a problem.

924,000 square miles covered with 211 million people.

Nigeria's economy is the largest in Africa.

Its name comes from the Niger River which runs through it.


Boating down the Niger.

https://youtu.be/SyVn8-DApTA

From Nigeria's Civil War in 1963 to its 4th Republic in 1999...it was a country torn by chaos and conflict. Now, relatively stable...it has flourished.

English is the official language here...and religion is fairly equally divided into Christianity and Muslim.

One of the best things to see while in Nigeria are the Lagos Marketplaces.



Where one can wander from stall to stall and literally spend an entire afternoon shopping and finding most everything! 

If they don't have it...you probably don't need it.

Visit 12 Mile Marketplace

https://youtu.be/HH_StGkd2Vg

To be honest...even the crowded conditions in the video made me a little claustrophobic. 

There are a lot of people here.

I have managed to buy (online) a half pound of Kenyan Coffee fairly reasonably though...and it should arrive soon.

Kenyan Coffee...available in a Nigerian Market.

Who knew???

Next time we will discover the country of Chad.

Until then...