Monday, March 12th, 2007
Skyping North Carolina from Nigeria
Chronicles of Skype adventures with sister and friends follow.
Entries Tagged as 'Skype'
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Campaign Culture
Democracy still has a fairly tenuous grip in Nigeria. In 2005: About 40 percent thought the last elections were not free and fair; About 20 percent through they were free and fair with major problems; Only 9 percent thought they were free and fair (pg. 3, Brief No.35). From 2000-01 to 2005: Support for democracy […]
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Welcome to Abuja
The story of Abuja is really interesting — until about 1976, Lagos, the port city, was the capital of Nigeria. It was decided that changing the capital would reduce regional and tribal bias, so the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was formed and Abuja was born. Abuja was built up from a small village, and it’s […]