Ilorin used to be a major center of the slave trade. Slaves were taken from the Igbo lands to the east and sent to the USA, the West Indies and Brazil. The city is now a Muslim city where religious festivals are celebrated with great pomp. This young prince was proud to show the camel…
French Nobel laureate writer JMG Le Clézio spent part of his childhood in a Nigerian city called Onitsha. « Onitsha » is also the title of a novel he published in 1991. Located on the eastern bank of the Niger river, the city possesses one of the very few road bridge crossings of the mile-wide river. May…
Two worlds ignore each other. These Fula shepherds have built their camp below the walls of the now moribond Ajaokuta steel mill. Women pound yam the same way their ancestors did, as if nothing had changed. March 1990. Deux mondes s’ignorent. Ces bergers peuls ont établi leur camp sous les murs de la désormais moribonde…
The Okene market is the place to meet the Fula shepherds. Their buffalo herds graze on the banks of the Niger river. November 1989. Le marché d’Okene est le lieu où on rencontre les bergers peuls. Leurs troupeaux de buffles paissent sur les bords du fleuve Niger. Novembre 1989.
Wikki warm spring is located close to the camp in the heart of Yankari National Park. After their photo safari, tourists enjoy soaking in the warm water. The baboons also come to the spring and are not scared by the humans. You just have to watch your belongings. January 1991. La source chaude de Wikki…
Hiring a pirogue and a local paddler is the best way to discover Lekki Lagoon. You are surrounded by the calls of birds and monkeys. But you hardly see any. April 1991. Louer une pirogue et un rameur local est la meilleure façon de découvrir le lagon de Lekki. On entend tout le temps les…
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