Hausa Villages
Beautiful sunset (unfortunately over an open sewer) in the Old City of Kano (Kurmi Market)
Doctors have a strange way of advertising around here. Why they need a picture of a woman vomiting is a bit beyond me (the picture on the other side of this sign was not fit to print... seriously) Anyway, he sounds like he's got most bases covered...
What's left of the Old City walls in Kano (built back in the 15th / 16th century - now being used as aggregate in concrete blocks by the local builders - no sense of history)
Believe it or not, this village makes pots
This amazing woman has been making pots since before I was born, and despite her age, she can turn a lump of clay into a perfectly round pot entirely by hand (no wheel or anything) in under 10 minutes!!
All the locals turned out to check out the rare "herd" of white folk
Local weaver
Everyone was dressed up during the various celebrations in the villages
The local kids chase our bus as we leave town
1 comment:
Typical whiteman writing about Africa, with an air of superiority and arrogance as if the West is all that. I like your concept of writing about your observations of life in certain parts of Nigeria but please, your introduction is old fashioned.
Referring to Africa as the dark continent in the 21st century makes you look ancient with archaic ideas like the early colonialists who came to carve up Africa in the 18th century.
It's a beautiful continent where human beings live. So why that derogatory remark? How will you feel if Europe or whatever part of the world you come from is referred to in that manner?
Your racism and racist ideas about black people is lame and boring. Most of us from the continent don't really care what you lot think about us and our continent.
We just want to be left alone to live our lives and not be treated like some strange specimen of nature!
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