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Background: Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for economic growth and political stability. Despite some irregularities, the April 2003 elections marked the first civilian transfer of power in Nigeria's history.

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By renewablenigeria
January 14th 2006

Misc Pictures Africa » Nigeria

First Supper
After a successful grocery shopping mission our 2nd day in Calabar, Alysha and I came home to find out there was no fuel to light the stove. All the food we bought needed to be cooked. Thanks to a fu... [more]

Other pics and movies of interest: Movies (Left click link to download) Xmas greetings from my Calabar family A little dark, but has interviews of many of the people I live with. Xmas Bike ride of the Calabar streets. The bike broke down shortly after. [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
December 2nd 2005

Murtala Mohammed Africa » Nigeria

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Warri to Lagos, passing chaos alongside the road. Through the marks of civilization, wooden frames empty and others filled with various dallies of cheap Chinese junk, together sheltered with the tatters of canvas stretched overhead. They were empty, so empty it's worth mentioning again: They were empty, derelict, dry like a Mojave ghost-town with their rotting planks of siding. Further, deeper into society; structure-free, a ranting behavior. Markets line the uneven curbs, congregating near potholes a foot and a half deep. Traffic slows to an imbalanced creep. One tire falls in, a jo [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
November 30th 2005

The Waning Days and Thoughts Africa » Nigeria

Bridging Sides
Peace Pole of Itsekiri's Mandagho village

Today, a second Peace Pole in the morning after a hot sweat throughout the night. Peace Pole panels for Mandagho, and then breakfast and photos, before more WAWA (West Africa Wins Again) with tardy boat drivers and their resistance to the idea of traveling to an Itsekiri village. Finally, we hopped on the early boat to such place with the supplies for the pole. Quickly, within the ghost-town of Mandagho, we erected the partner pole with the help of locals. Peter and I stood back and watched. Two hours later, left alone, two Americans in Mandagho to construct a Peace Pole [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
November 29th 2005

Pole of Peace Africa » Nigeria

A Pole & Peace
Standing like a pillar of peace, the Peace Pole of the Niger Delta Friendship Library represents something larger than most can perceive.

An idea, the design, research on the Peace Pole Project, a new design—and then the chainsaw; a three and a half foot blade warped in a tooth of gnawing metal. We were supposed to have the materials, and the paints, but there were none. So we improvised, Peter Titcomb and I, finding resources, scouring the bush. And with the help of three large muscular black men of the Ijaw tribe in the Niger Delta, the engine hummed, filling a quiet room of books and cataloging. Wood split, poles shaved, materials produced. The Niger Delta Friendship Library Peace Pole of Oporoza within [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
November 25th 2005

What it means to come together Africa » Nigeria

Speech & Play
A view of what matters most for the future of our planet. As much as time allowed, we enjoyed the children and their playfulness, their curiosity and their questions.

Rain, thunder, and lightning showered our Thanksgiving feast, blessing the coming together of Nigerians and Americans. "God has accepted our meeting." Nicholas Ijabor explains the significance of the storm as evening showers poured onto an above tarp. Earlier in the day, rains persisted and brought native talk among the locals. They fidgeted in their plastic chairs. Together, we were at a town meeting exploring the methods to preserve the library, and this inviting phenomenon seemed to enliven our purpose. "We have been blessed many this day," Nicky said over the roar of water. As [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
November 23rd 2005

Losing Colors Africa » Nigeria

A Look

The crowds continued to thicken on the day of our arrival in Oporoza. We felt welcomed, and may I add slightly overwhelmed. The festivals were abundant and the attention we received was immense. We were Kings and Queens, white stones upon a shore of black sand. More simply, we were a group of American and Nigerian delegates come to a small riverine village within the Niger Delta of Nigeria. We were there to help build a library and understand the issues they, and the whole region, faced. But for our arrival, it was purely entertainment. Dancing, singing, receptions, more culture, mo [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
November 22nd 2005

Warri-town Africa » Nigeria

Warri
And the impact in which the future depends

We were in West Africa, and we came to see Africa. We wanted the realness of it all. We came to bring awareness to ourselves, to the real African experience among real people and real conditions of an underdeveloped society, of the life preconceived within the frame of Nigeria and beyond. Nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria. I caught myself repeating this and Eric Esplin did as well. We looked at one another and chanted as if caught in a trance. Nigeria. Together, Eric and I, and a few others ventured into the masses of Warri-town. It was a night open, and the atmosphere [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
November 20th 2005

Africa Moves Africa » Nigeria

Beats
The beats and the intensity in each performer's stare.

Sweating, our backs glued to cloth, necks rubbed red, and strands of hair plastered to our foreheads. Albeit, with the fortune of the group, the late afternoon’s sun sunk nearer its horizon, shading the courtyard of the National Museum in Lagos. We were in the Federal Republic of Nigeria seated on plastic chairs, our feet sponging the crabgrass as we rested—patient, content. We waited for the showcase to begin; a showcase for us, the delegates of Global Citizen Journey. First, our day began in the city of Lagos, the once-capital of the fifth largest country in the world. Wi [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
November 18th 2005

Another African Day Africa » Nigeria

Piccadilly Circus
My immediate removal from the underground Tube from Heathrow. Beauty, Beauty, the Beauty of London...and another sky.

Africa began with no call, no sign, no indication. The gate for boarding at Heathrow International Airport opened and that was the start. All rows, all seats, all passengers crowded like a Haitian voting-poll, but eventually formed into two snaking lines as black as a cobra’s sheen. A few white spots speckled the arrangement, I among them. Suddenly, the minority I sought was found—and it was me. Albeit, twenty-four hours in London proved as a pleasant coat of primer. As I perused Piccadilly Circus around its surrounding Tube stations, words from worldly tongues quizzed my [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
November 17th 2005

The Ancient Imagination and the Birth of Potential Africa » Nigeria

Sahara in the Sea
Shocked, stunned, broken of past images. My own Sahara expanded, and I now know someday we will meet by camel's back.

I can’t really describe what it is like to fly over the Sahara at 39,000 feet in a 747 jet. It is like empty space, yet I know I have never been there, or at least physically laid eyes upon it while floating freely in stupor—and I know most others have not either. It is like an open valley, or a calm sea with limitless horizons. There are no hills from above. Certainly no mountains. There are dunes which I can see, but only fingerlings of thirsting riverbeds, long ago dried, now swept by only air. They look like a swipe [View Full Entry]

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