Lagos This is a classic ACORN story. One of our Brooklyn local group leaders, Dr. Toks Pearce, was originally from Nigeria and now a US citizen with no plans to return to this country. Then a boyhood friend who had run for election as Governor of the State of Lagos and narrowly lost 4 years …
Author: wade
This I Believe – Monday NPR!
Lagos We have been informed that an essay I wrote and read for the NPR series, “This I Believe,” will be aired on Monday morning, January 29th, on the “Morning Edition” show. That’s really all we know, so good luck hearing it, and hope you enjoy and let me know what you think of it …
Kibera
Nairobi Kibera is widely reported to be the largest slum in Africa, but god only knows who keeps such statistics, because it is certainly not the government of Kenya, nor, anyone else that I can tell. The size is unknown when one strips all of the stories away. Many said 1 million of Nairobi’s 6 …