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There's More Than One Way to Skin a Cow  
   

There's More Than One Way to Skin a Cow

At this roadside slaughterhouse in the northern city of Jos they like to pour kerosene onto cows and light it to get to the meat.
Was it The Worst Boat Trip in The World or The Best?

May 22nd 2007
It is not a fair reflection on Nigeria that the subject I choose to write about for this particular blog is how I left the country. Yet leaving was the most entertaining part of an entertaining couple of weeks crossing this big bewildering nation. Nigeria was never a country high on my list of places to visit. It has even less tourist sights than its neighbouring West African countries, and ev ... read more
Africa » Nigeria » Calabar

Nigerian Flag 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 bee... ... read more
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