Snapshots from today, 11/3/11

March 11, 2011 by Cara Titilayo Harshman

I conversed with these ladies this afternoon after eating at Tafewa Balewa post graduate hall at UI.

Water tanks at Zik Hall at UI. Boys in this dorm come here daily to fetch their water in buckets and bring it back to their rooms.

Three girls hanging out at ZIk Hall where their mom works in a shop.

A little girl holding a custard bucket.

Spotted: extremely unfortunate school uniforms. Pink and purple? I pity the kids who wear these uniforms. Had to snap Abike to make sure it wasn't obvious I was snapping the uniforms.

The main entrance to University of Ibadan-Nigeria's Premier University. Cars and pedestrians pass through this gat to get into the city, 'igboro'. Agbowo is the name of the neighborhood directly in front of UI.

21 Responses

on August 15, 2011 at 5:05 pm | Reply AJCiti

Lmaooo those are HORRIBLE!
on April 3, 2011 at 6:37 pm | Reply Ginger

lol. I remember that uniform! Is it Abadina secondary school? Keep up the good work Titi!
on March 13, 2011 at 2:26 pm | Reply Sisi London

Abike’s dress is lovely. is that ankara btw?
on March 12, 2011 at 7:10 pm | Reply femi

God, that uniform is ugly! I bet it’s a brainchild of a deranged headteacher who thought what better way to humiliate these kids than making them wear the worst colour combination ever!
on March 12, 2011 at 3:51 pm | Reply Afolabi Suraj

You’re doing a good job. Keep it up.
- on March 12, 2011 at 4:39 pm | Reply Cara Titilayo Harshman
  
  E sé!
on March 12, 2011 at 2:15 pm | Reply Naijamum

..*ahem*..I had to wear pink and purple as my secondary school uniform.
Not to bad for the girls..but I believe some of the boys are still psychologically scarred! LOL
- on March 12, 2011 at 4:36 pm | Reply Cara Titilayo Harshman
  
  Ah! Naijamum, I apologize for knocking the pink and purple. I’m sure you looked smashing in it. It is a funny sight to see a line of students in those colors though!
on March 12, 2011 at 2:50 am | Reply Debo Ajao

I am very impressed with your work. I was once a UI undergrad, faculty of vet med. Will be great to link up and if possible meet you. I live in the UK though. All your pics just remind me of nigeria and my days at UI. Well done. Have you eaaten amala and gbegiri ati ewedu yet? You should try it before leaving my home land IBADAN. Awa ibadan, omo ajorosun, omo a fi ikaraun fo rin mu.
- on March 12, 2011 at 10:52 am | Reply Cara Harshman
  
  When I make it to the UK I will let the world know. Of course I have eaten amala and abula. O di dandan lati je oka ati abula ni Ibadan. O dun yungbayungba.
  - on March 12, 2011 at 11:49 pm | Reply Toni
    
    LOL>>> i”ve been on this blog a 100 times but everytime you speak yoruba you say sumn thats just i dunno….i only hear my grandma speak that kind of yoruba. ” O dun yungbayungba” lol. Welldone
  - on March 12, 2011 at 11:54 pm | Reply Toni
    
    Oh btw if you think this uniform is unfortunate you should see ADRAO uniform, its a school in lagos island. its like 6 messed up colours all together.
  - on March 31, 2011 at 4:46 pm | Reply Patricia
    
    “O dun yungbayungba” ha ha ha rofl
    This is the kind of ijile Yoruba my dad speaks (who is also from Oyo) that gets us cracking our brains 🙂
    
    Good job!
on March 11, 2011 at 7:35 pm | Reply Ike

My uniform in primary school was purple and green, and then all white in secondary school. You can only imagine the hell we went through trying to keep them clean especially in harmattan and in the absence of washers and dryers.
- on March 12, 2011 at 10:57 am | Reply Cara Harshman
  
  Wow, the school uniform colors here fascinate me. Pele. I hope you survived all of the hand washing.
on March 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm | Reply oreo

NICE PICS! yeah our uniforms for my school was purple and lilac…quite similar haha
on March 11, 2011 at 6:27 pm | Reply Abiola

Hello Titi! Amazing pics and amazing effort you ve put into your blog. I am feeling all nostalgitic seeing these pictures you took couple of hours ago in my Home town and yet I am so far away from home…I believe you ll be feeling the same way too.

I find it interesting though at the speed with which you upload these pictures noting the kind of Internet connection speed Nigeria has to offer not to talk of the inconsistent power supply..

I just stumbled on your blog and video couple of days ago and I am hooking….would be nice to meet you and the group in person…hopefully soon when am in Ibadan…

Goodluck with your Career plans, I have no Doubt that you ll excel in whatever you chose to do.

Enjoy your weekend…..

PS:Would like to know what Camera you are using as well…
- on March 11, 2011 at 6:30 pm | Reply Abiola
  
  I can see from one of the Pictures that you are using a Canon EOS 10D, is this correct?
  - on March 12, 2011 at 10:56 am | Reply Cara Harshman
    
    That is correct. It’s an old camera and very heavy but it still takes good pictures.
- on March 12, 2011 at 11:10 am | Reply Cara Harshman
  
  It is sometimes extremely frustrating to upload pictures to my blog, but I have a fast USB modem so I get lucky with fast speed most of the time. I have my fair share of slowness though, believe me. I use a Canon 10D. When you come to UI send me a message or make a comment and we can meet. Thank you so much for your comments and encouragement!
on March 11, 2011 at 5:54 pm | Reply bux

Titi! Nice pics! I’ve been following your blog since you came to naija. Amazing stuff rly!

Quick question – what kind of camera do you use?