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Oyibo!: August 2006
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Every day people stop in the street and shout "Oyibo! At me It means "white man". Just by being a white guy in Abuja I have been turned into a sort of minor celebrity, famous for doing nothing. Tuesday, August 15, 2006. Yesterday was former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida's 65th birthday. He attended a seminar with his son, who had just been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after 48 hours questioning over his ownership of shares in a telecoms company. It is not possible". But isn...
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Oyibo!: November 2006
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Every day people stop in the street and shout "Oyibo! At me It means "white man". Just by being a white guy in Abuja I have been turned into a sort of minor celebrity, famous for doing nothing. Thursday, November 30, 2006. We greeted each other and walked into work. Suddenly there was a blurr of movement in front of us. Alfatai screamed. I looked in time to see the green curls whip together and the snake sprang into the air. His mouth was a pink flash. It was wide open. All the road tar gang stopped what...
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Oyibo!: April 2007
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Every day people stop in the street and shout "Oyibo! At me It means "white man". Just by being a white guy in Abuja I have been turned into a sort of minor celebrity, famous for doing nothing. Monday, April 30, 2007. The call of the pack. What should I do? Could we get out of this? I slammed the car into reverse and looked over my shoulder, but there was another car behind us already where had he come from? The boot, open the boot of your car! Do we do what they say? Labels: 2007 Nigerian election.
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Oyibo!: March 2007
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Every day people stop in the street and shout "Oyibo! At me It means "white man". Just by being a white guy in Abuja I have been turned into a sort of minor celebrity, famous for doing nothing. Saturday, March 31, 2007. Here comes the rain again. The servos and motors started whining, and the hydraulic arms began slowly to lift me, the excited children and the huge fibreglass eagles into the air. Hey bros, afraid of the big rain? And then the rains were here. The first time I saw a Nigerian rain storm, t...
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Oyibo!: December 2006
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Every day people stop in the street and shout "Oyibo! At me It means "white man". Just by being a white guy in Abuja I have been turned into a sort of minor celebrity, famous for doing nothing. Tuesday, December 19, 2006. Isn't this better then what happened at the PDP? One colleague asked. How is it different? But now it is clear, this election will probably be dirty, but it will also be violent. On both sides, big men have staked a lot, and if they lose -they lose everything. The All Nigeria People's P...
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Oyibo!: January 2007
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Every day people stop in the street and shout "Oyibo! At me It means "white man". Just by being a white guy in Abuja I have been turned into a sort of minor celebrity, famous for doing nothing. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. Arrived back again from Mali to find Abuja still in the grip of petrol scarcity. The price on the black market has now gone up to N600 (about 2.5) per gallon. Still laughably cheap for a Brit used to taxation, but murderously expensive for Nigerians used to subsidised fuel. The suitcas...
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Experiences Thoughts Opinions Ideas. December 15, 2008. Two nights ago he was carried home by some of his less drunk drinking partners who were laughing deliriously as they banged on the door to wake his wife. Throughout yesterday he was sick and could not go out. In the evening he did his first domestic chore in over a week: fetching three buckets of water. When the boy stood up and turned to face him, his father saw a dark and sweet smile on his face. Naomi Klein and Fundamentalist Capitalism. Nice sto...
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Oyibo!: February 2007
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Every day people stop in the street and shout "Oyibo! At me It means "white man". Just by being a white guy in Abuja I have been turned into a sort of minor celebrity, famous for doing nothing. Monday, February 26, 2007. The Dogon of Mali, Visited by ancient astronauts? Down, down into the darkness. The road slipped between two standing stones and disappeared, we followed inching down the winding path. Out of the darkness came signs of life. Ploughed ruts, hobbled donkeys and small camels, loomed in ...
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Oyibo!: July 2006
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Every day people stop in the street and shout "Oyibo! At me It means "white man". Just by being a white guy in Abuja I have been turned into a sort of minor celebrity, famous for doing nothing. Monday, July 31, 2006. On Sunday mornings there would always be a pile of white cow bones on the grassy verge outside the office. Where did they come from? Did someone march a cow up here and slaughter it on the rough wasteland between my hotel and the new office? Posted by Andrew Walker at 5:29 pm. We have a stor...