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Move over Bollywood! Nollywood (Nigeria's movie industry) has recently been ranked as the second largest industry in the world. Every single week 200 Nollywood movies are produced
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One in seven Africans is Nigerian
Nigeria boasts as being the habitat of the largest diversity in the world in butterflies. The areas that surround Calabar, Cross River State, located in the country's southern region, are widely believed to harbor the largest diversity of butterflies in the world.
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Measuring 11,8 kilometers, the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State is Africa's longest bridge and it connects Lagos island with the mainland.
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Nigeria is the world’s 32nd largest country in terms of land area, or about two Californias. On top of the US, it could encompass New York, Chicago, and Atlanta:
Lagos, Nigeria’s mega-metropolis, is the world’s fourth largest city, comparable in population and density to Mumbai, Seoul, and Jakarta.
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Nigeria also has a really young population—with a median age of 18.2, half of all Nigerians are kids 17 and under, which means that if Nigeria’s kids decided they were over it one day and formed their own country, it would be the biggest nation in Africa, and the most annoying. Combine that with one of the world’s highest fertility rates, and you have a rapidly growing population. Currently #7 on the country population list, by 2050 Nigeria is projected to have 440 million people and have leapfrogged up to #3 on the list, behind only India and China:
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My close friend is Nigerian Hausa. They're good people.
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I’m sure with a history of European occupation, race is as complicated an issue in Nigeria as it is anywhere else, but as far as my own experience there, I sensed no negativity at all—only exceptional friendliness—including the roughly 2,500 times someone called me oyinbo (white) during the trip, which never came across as carrying any hostility.
(Quick pause for experienced Sub-Saharan Africa travelers to patronizingly pat me on the head.)
One other funny thing that kept happening is kids would regularly study my hand or arm or touch (or pull) my hair, which Femi’s brother explained was because they probably hadn’t ever seen a white person up close before. Here’s an example—and I’m not sure why my arm looks like a corpse’s arm either so don’t ask:
A guy I met told me that he had no full siblings but over 20 half siblings because his father has seven wives. I just needed to tell you.
Nigeria is not a good place to be gay. In January 2014, President Jonathan signed into law the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which jails people for 14 years for gay marriage and 10 years for “other violations of the law.” And if you keep quiet about your friend being gay, that can get you 5 years of jail time. As soon as the law was passed, the police started arresting people.
A baby’s arm can also serve as a handle. I kept seeing people pick up a baby or toddler by the arm and displace it to a new location in that manner. This didn’t appear to hurt or bother the child at all and is both hilarious and practical. I’ll be adopting this practice for all future dealings with children.
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Raine you love niggerians , Maybe you are one of them?
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