Archive for the ‘University of Ibadan’ Category
Glimpses of Nigeria in Pictures
Posted in Blogstream, University of Ibadan on May 18, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Nigeria’s April 9th election: a pure display of peaceful democracy
Posted in Nigeria Elections, University of Ibadan, tagged 2011, Idia Hall, Independence Hall, Nigeria elections, Obafemi Awolowo Hall, vote on April 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
April 9th, the first day of Nigeria’s national elections that I observed at different polling places inside the University of Ibadan was an exercise in the purest, most proactive display of democracy I have ever witnessed. Nigerians lingered peacefully at polling places from early morning until late afternoon carefully monitoring the Independent National Election Commission [...]
A community mobilization project: Wear your shoes
Posted in Speaking Yoruba, University of Ibadan, tagged Ajibode, danger, shoes, University of Ibadan on April 7, 2011 | 12 Comments »
The assignment was about community mobilization- encouraging a community of people to address an issue and see that they worked together towards the solution. Professor Ojebode told the fifty of us in the Communication Development class that we were to choose a primary school within the University of Ibadan campus or outside in the city [...]
Day 1 of No Movement: National Elections in Nigeria
Posted in Nigeria Elections, University of Ibadan, tagged 2011, elections, Nigeria, Nigeria Decides on April 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Today, April 2nd, 2011, is the first of three consecutive Saturdays of the national election. Today, millions of Nigerians will go to their polling places, wait for obscene amounts of time to elect members of the National Assembly. Nigerians will elect 90 senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives today, choosing candidates from [...]
Snapshots from today, 11/3/11
Posted in Blogstream, University of Ibadan on March 11, 2011 | 21 Comments »
UI Snapshots
Posted in University of Ibadan, tagged Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan on March 7, 2011 | 9 Comments »
UI Snapshots
Posted in Blogstream, University of Ibadan, tagged Egypt, faculty of arts, University of Ibadan on February 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Hard to believe it’s already February 7th. The dry heat of the harmattan teased us with a short return, but now it’s back to the sticky, wet, unbearably hot humidity. Most of my friends in Wisconsin are probably still reeling from last night’s Super Bowl win. I decided not to watch the game because it [...]
UI architecture, a lesson in geometry
Posted in Blogstream, University of Ibadan, tagged architecture, University of Ibadan on January 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I appreciate the architecture around University of Ibadan so much because of how geometric it is. So many of the buildings build tessellations into their design. You see repeating shapes on buildings all over. They all catch my eye and add to the beauty of this campus.
Can we start class already?
Posted in Blogstream, University of Ibadan, tagged class, University of Ibadan on January 12, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Well it’s 12 days into the new year, over a month after we thought we would be starting class at the University of Ibadan, and neither classes nor registration has started yet. Our Yoruba teachers at the Language Flagship center on campus have finally decided to resume Yoruba classes while we wait for U.I. to [...]



