Wednesday was my last day in Ibadan. I had a last meal of amala with my host mom’s delicious ground nut soup. I cried when I said goodbye to my host family. I feel like a real member of the family and it was difficult to leave them. I know we will see again soon. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ibadan’
Ibadan Snapshots
Posted in Blogstream, tagged Ibadan, Nigeria on April 29, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Naija’s 12 Days of Christmas
Posted in Blogstream, tagged 12 days of Christmas, Christmas, Ibadan, Naija, Nigeria on December 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This is a correct song. I got a great laugh out of it. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas. Christmas in Ibadan is pretty boring. I was not able to go to Lagos where the big parties are happening. Hopefully I will still have some fun though. I’m told New Years Eve is the real [...]
My visit to see one man and 6,000 pieces of art
Posted in Blogstream, tagged African art, collector, Ibadan, Lagos, OYASAF, travel, Yemisi Shyllon on November 18, 2010 | 7 Comments »
The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was possibly the calmest it could ever be yesterday morning as my host mom and I squeezed into a taxi bound for Maryland, a neighborhood in Lagos. Eid-el-Kabir, a Muslim holiday has almost entirely immobilized the hustle bustle life in Nigeria for the past two days. The University of Ibadan campus was [...]
Rain, rain please stay
Posted in Blogstream, tagged Ibadan, peace, rain, rainy season, weather on October 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Four nights ago, Ibadan experienced a rain storm unlike any I have witnessed in all of the eight countries I have visited in my life. I knew the rain was coming when around 5:45 p.m. the sky started to turn a pastel shade of orange/grey, and a cool wind pulsed through the trees slowly at [...]
Popcorn
Posted in The Little Things, tagged Ibadan, Lagos, movie theaters on October 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Kettle corn is the only type of popcorn here. Even at the movie theaters, you can only find sweet, sugary kernels, none of the salty, buttery stuff. Movie theaters do not exist in Ibadan. We will have to drive the treacherous Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to see a movie at the closest theater, all the way down [...]
Photos: Sunsets
Posted in Blogstream, tagged beauty, Ibadan, nature on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just a few pictures of what I think are beautiful skies over the University of Ibadan campus somewhere around 6 p.m.
Back to the original plan : Nigeria
Posted in Pre-travel, tagged go with the flow, Ibadan, Nigeria, Yoruba on August 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It’s all happening. After two months of waiting, deciphering confusing bureaucratic emails and gloating over the fact I would be in Madison–not Nigeria–next year, it turns out the trip is back on! I will be going to Nigeria for fall and spring semester this year. I leave my hometown of Chicago on September 5th for a two-day [...]
A sudden change in plans
Posted in Pre-travel, tagged Ibadan, Nigeria, unforeseen obstacles, Yoruba on June 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
On Friday, June 11–three days before I was supposed to leave for Nigeria–I received devastating news: my summer study abroad program at the University of Ibadan is cancelled. The feelings of shock, denial, sadness and complete disappointment I felt were overwhelming. Abike, another girl in my program told me over the phone as I was [...]
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