At the Indigo Market

In Central Kano, there is a market where they sell goods colored with indigo dye. Here the man is explaining what goes into making indigo dye - indigo, soda ash, and salt.

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Kano only a week to go

July 10th 2003
This, along with all my other Africa blogs, were actually emails sent to friends and family. I didn't know much about blogs at the time, but now I do. OK, so I know that some of you are deleting these emails by now, but for those of you that are still interested I'll give you one more piece on what I'm doing here before I get home. Things are so different here in Niger ... read more

Africa » Nigeria » Kano

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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