LadyX:
Kenya is the economic hub of East Africa. Its capital city is Nairobi. What do you know about this amazing country?

After sitting for KCPE (equivalent of WAEC), the joint admission board selects courses for students who perform well. Then they are given a loan by the government. Therefore, whether your parents are rich or poor, once admitted to university, you will complete because the government pays for you. All you have to do is work hard in secondary school so as to be selected by the joint admission board.

Source: LadyX

Excellent write up OP! I suspect you meant KCSE and not KCPE as the equivalent of WAEC.

LadyX:

Sasa? Welcome to NL. It's interesting & u'll learn alot about naija. Being on NL makes you feel like you've been to Nigeria already.

Your write up reminded me of my desire to visit Zanzibar. I read stories about hidden treasures & the Sultans. I'll definitely visit it someday.
As for plan to visit naija go for it. It's your happiness so go for it. Goodluck.

Poa sana. Thanks. Zanzibar is a nice place. The beaches there are magnificent and so are the ones in Kenya. If you go to Zanzibar cross over to Kenya, you'll like it too.

oluwarantimi:
Don't forget Lagos. If you don't visit Lagos, you haven't visited Nigeria. Don't worry will gladly take you around

You shouldn't make such an offer jokingly, I may very well take you up on it

zeezahbee:
@alpinesnow, where in the states are you?

I'm in Philadelphia, for now.

olaideeeedris:
Make I here say this guy no be Nigerian. Choice of lexicons like 'class seven', 'plus', etc make me know say u be confirm nija boy. In short, I put it to u that u are an Igbo man

Haha...why Igbo exactly and not Yoruba or Angas or Tiv or Hausa etc? In Kenya elementary level grades are referred to as "classes". "Plus" is a widely used informal conjuctive.

Qoraxeey:


Hahaha..which year were you in class seven? Was in class seven in 1995 when we did GHC, and i can never forget my GHC teacher. Kenya nd The Rest of Africa. He would come to class and narrate his "voyages." How he went through the grassland savanna, the Equatorial climate, the Kalahari desert and what he saw.

He would start the class with "When i was in Zambia, I met Kenneth Kaunda." And the we would cruise through Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Steve Biko of South Africa, Joshua Nkomo of Zimbabwe, Kwame Nkuruma of Ghana, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, and Haile Sellasie of Ethiopia. For some reason, we never studied Nigeria Leaders or South Africa's Mandela or Mugabe. Though I remember studying the Hausa and the Fulani. Wow....that was a long time.

Nilikuwa class 7 mwaka wa 2002. Wakati huo kulikuwa na uhaba wa walimu katika shule za msingi. Kwa hivyo serikali iliwachukua walimu kadhaa katika vyuo vya upili na kuwahamisha hadi shule za msingi. Lakini mshahara walioupata ulikuwa ni ule ule. Mwalimu wetu wa GHC alikuwa akifundisha geography na History katika shule ya upili kabla ya kuhamishwa hadi shule yetu. Kwa vile alikuwa na ujuzi mwingi, alitufundisha hadi mambo ambayo hatukufaa kujua, kwa mfano alitufundisha juu climate ya Northern Nigeria tulipokuwa tukiosoma juu ya The Fulani Herdsmen.

ibrokola:



Lol. This is exactly why most people find it difficult to believe you aren't a Nigerian. This is exactly how we the Youth write socially!

"No homo" is not a uniquely Nigerian phrase. It's American actually.

calebbintus:

So u had all this in your head? Or u googled. You Fraud.

You'll be surprised by the amount of information I can retain and recite afterwards. I'm actually quite good at that.

ElPhenomenal:
Won't you love to visit maiduguri too? It has alot of great historical backgrounds

Haha. I see what you are doing there

baywatch84:
Why not visit sambisa forest and maiduguri and take selfie with boko haram, alainikanse ole

Yeah, right.

joseph1832:
I honestly don't think the reasons given above are flimsy.

It's just a self-deprecating title.

hectorswag:

Me neither. Why should the OP sef give it such a title?

It was just a self-deprecating title.

Xavier9ja:
won't u visit sambisa, monguno or any north eastern state. they are really cool place

I think a visit to the north would be trip to die for. (Pun totally intended)

iyisco2001:
I have a feeling this is chinedu wey we go skul together and him mama carry am run go Kenya.
him been live for Aba ALSO.

Very funny. But you are mistaken.

shinejackie:
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Are you literary inclined?.......most of the books you listed above, l am certain some peeps have not read any, good luck with your plans to visit but be security conscious to avoid stories that touches the heart,Nigeria is currently going through some security challenges but that does not mean you cannot visit but be extra careful when you do visit.......cheers....

Thanks. I guess you might say I'm literary inclined. My mom was a librarian/teacher and that's how my interest in literature began. Yeah, I'm definitely going to wait till you folks sort out this election thing. And I'm definitely not going to Maidaguri.

goldfish80:
Your knowledge and interest about Nigeria is quite admirable. I wish you luck in your voyage and I promise to follow your thread when you land in Nigeria.

Thanks. But I have to wait till you guys get this election thing peacefully done with.

obyrich:
Elechi Amadi is from Rivers State. He is an Ikwerre man. His name are Igbo mames. You are right about Philip Effiong. He is Efik. I love your interest in Nigeria. You may as well include a visit to the war museum and Ojukwu bunker at Umuahia in your itenary. Safe trip.

Yep, you are right. I stand corrected.

speak2emmalex:
You seem to know a lot about Nigeria and you have everything planned out already. I bet you'll have a great time during your stay

I think I will. I love Nigeria. I think it has a lot attractions and and it has produced a lot of great folks and works of literature.

ITbomb:
When you are outside Nigeria, to visit these places seems like to take the next cab to another part of the town.
Broz, if you are really outside, just narrow it down to 3 or 4,, check their geographical proximity. That way you will enjoy your holidays without being stressed out due to much travelling

I tell you, an average Nigerian has not seen or tried more than 4 of the listed

Totally right dude. It wouldn't be logistically possible to visit all theses places in a short period of time. This was just my wish list.

Quote1:


You know so much about Nigeria. What do you know about Efik ethnic group?

Not much other than where they live. But I do know that they were incorporated into Biafra when Biafra's map was demarcated. Some of them sympathized with the Igbo, while some of them feared that if Biafra were to succeed, then they would be the minority group with the Igbo being the majority. The fact that Maj-Gen Phillip Effiong, an Efik man, was second in command to Gen. Ojukwu didn't help matters. So some of them kinda rebelled (not with arms) and were locked up during a good portion of the war by the Biafran Secret Service. Elechi Amadi was one those locked up. He gives a good account of it in his book "Sunset in Biafra".

I don't really anything else about them.

Akkord4gov:

I love u,sorry I like u.

The feeling is mutual (If you are a guy no homo )

Quote1:

Like you write.

Aha...of course *face palm*

It must be a British commonwealth thing then.

Quote1:


You write like Nigerians.

How do Nigerians write? I'm really curious about this.

Quote1:


I hope you're not lying.

I'm not lying. Why is it that you guys are surprised that someone knows quite a bit about your country? I meet people who know a lot about my country quite often.

chillex8:
Foreigner fit be. From cotonou na

I'm Kenyan. I've never been to Nigeria.

Akkord4gov:
This guy is from Yaba bt if u still claim foreigner,u are from Somalia den

Haha. Don't know where Yaba is. I'm kenyan. But I'm in the states now.

Here are some of the works that made me so familiar with Nigeria:

- Nnamdi Azikiwe's Autobiography
- Some works by soyinka (I've only read snippets of Soyinka coz he's too smart for me)
- "The Nigeria Civil war" by John st Jorre.
- A host of works by Achebe.
- Multitude of short stories by Nigerian authors.
- I've read three books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- " Sunset in Biafra" which is a criticism of Biafra by Elechi Amadi who I think was an Efik man or something.
- A host of historical vignettes on Nigeria.
- "My Command" which is Obasanjo's autobiography of the civil war with a focus on his role as commander.

Essentially, I've read a lot about Nigeria and know quite a bit about it. And I just discovered nairaland last week.

Quote1:
The write-up doesn't sound foreign to me.

I'm flattered. I'm foreign. Never set foot in Nigeria. I've read a lot about Nigeria and know quite a bit about it. I'm not sure that convinces you, but it's the truth.

xreal:
I suspect a Nigerian wrote these.

Haha, No. I'm actually not Nigerian. But I've read so much about it that I probably know more about it than most Nigerians I think. I'm African though.

As a Non-Nigerian African, I've always been fascinated by Nigeria (And no, not because of Nollywood, I'm not a fan of Nollywood). Here are the reasons why I want to visit Nigeria.

1. To Try Jollof Rice
I once read this book by Chinua Achebe where one of the characters really liked Jollof rice. And it sounded tasty. So I really want to visit nigeria and try it straight from the source.

2. To Visit Kano.
Back when I was in class seven (7th grade obviously) we learnt about Climates in different parts of Africa. Kano (Northern Nigeria) was one of the area whose climates we studied. We looked at some pictures from that area, and the mud roofed houses (adobe houses?) looked really nice. So I'd like to visit that place.

3. To Visit the University of Ibadan.
It's probably the most well known Nigerian University outside of Nigeria. And a lot of smart Nigerians e.g Soyinka went there. Plus when I was a kid, I used to read this African encyclopedia for teenagers, and most of the contributing authors were from there (the others were from the university of Nairobi).

4. To Try Bitter Leaf and Egusi.
I don't even know what this is, but it sounds delicious. Again I learnt about this while reading Achebe.

5. To Visit Enugu.
I read "The Nigerian Civil War" by John de st Jorre. And Enugu was the capital of Biafra at the beginning. So I'm just interested in visiting because I read so much about it.

6. To Visit the Confluence of The Niger and The Benue.
And to travel by boat for a short distance down The Niger. Hopefully I won't end up like Mungo Park.

7. Visit Port Harcourt.
I just like the name of the city. That's all.

8. Visit the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Why? Because some smart Nigerians e,g Chris Okigbo have ties to this university. (Side Note: Chris Okigbo's grandson and I attended the same university. And boy, could he sing! His group competed in one of those American singing shows and did very well)