Nigeria 2 - to Nkwere

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some sites on the way to the village of nkwere (oon kwear eh)

the christianity in eastern nigeria is total... the churches are huge and tons of busineses have christianity related names. notice things like the "god is good" painted on the motorcycle. the fact im athiest came out in a conversation, and they were nice about it tho totally unable to believe it. theyd go "so wow.... you dont go to church?" "...you still pray right?" most people had never met a nonchristian in their lives. never met a nonafrican. what a narrow view of what exists in this world!

anywhere we drove through, if kids saw me in the car theyd run alongside us, trying to touch my hands, and yelling in wonderment, "onyacha onyacha!" = "white girl white girl!" i was kinda worried at first at how singled out i was, but its actually a respectful term there - not meant as derogatory anyhow. and africans are so friendly and are super curious about foreigners, most of the people i met told me they wished there were more visitors.

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