Dear Followers,
keeping a blog has been very hard. I have class 5 hours a day,
conversation with my language partner for 1 hour, and events to attend during
my free time. Yes I have been busy in Ibadan! I have been here a little more
than a month now. The weather continues to be very beautiful. In the past month
since I’ve posted in my blog, much has happened. I attended a Yoruba funeral
and wedding, I visited the NTA headquarters-first television station in Africa!
I have gone to a Yoruba museum, where I saw ancient pottery, tools, and musical
instruments from the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria-Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba
and Igbo. I have visited several markets
in Ibadan, one completely devoted to yam J . I have seen monuments and the famous Olumo Rock in Abeokuta. Olumo Rock is a huge landmark in Abeokuta in
Ogun State. It is a mountain that used to provide protection to residents
during times of war, women and children would hide inside the rock while men
would go to war. It has been my favorite excursion so far. You could see the
entire city from the top of the rock.
I had the opportunity
to attend a lecture on World Peace Day titled Religion: Tool for Conflict or
Peace. It was interesting to hear views on this topic from a Nigerian
perspective. My take away from the
lecture: As opposed to Christianity and Islam, African traditional religion has
been the most peaceful, there has never been a war fought in its name and practitioners
never evangelize. Before foreigners came with Islam and Christianity, Nigerians
were living in peace amongst themselves with African Traditional Religion.
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| Under Olumo Rock! |
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| IBADAN |
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| Folake, Ebun-me, Remi ati Oyinlola |
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| Yemi-my language partner |
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| NTA headquarters...First TV station in Africa |
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| View from the top..Ibadan :) |
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| Bower Tower |
Starting next week the
University of Ibadan will be on a 2 or 3 month break. I wanted to take classes
on campus, make new friends and really experience campus life, but it doesn’t
look like that will happen. I will make the best of it! Odabo!
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