Nigeria, the land of plenty

time to collect some fresh palm wine Travel to Epe through the Lekki Expressway and you can't miss what is arguably a very good place to go and to buy fresh palm wine in Ijebuland. Some joints can be found on the left side along the road after it splits from the one going to the Free Trade Zone. These are small shelters made of wood and branches and, in the background, mud huts on the fringe of the bush that borders the marsh where palm trees grow and can be tapped easily. You can't miss the joints advertised by 5 liter plastic jerricans hung to the nearby trees or wooden sticks planted along the road. Alternately, if you don't need that much you can get it in 1.5 liter water bottle. Some joints have a small shed where people can stop to taste the local production of palm wine while listening to the eponymous music from the fifties or sixties with guitar, drums and voice. A lively sort of music but peaceful and immune to the stress of time because drinking palm wine su...

a friend in need, a friend indeed Mushin is a suburb of Lagos on the Mainland that is known for several reasons: it hosts  Bruce Onobrakpeya , a famous Nigerian artist, but it is also the go-to place to find car spare-parts. There are countless workshops and a vast market that borders the Apapa - Orowonshoki Expressway. looking for the right part This is the territory of Igbo traders who have progressively established camp here. As one moves through the dirt streets, full of potholes, both sides of the street are laden with all sorts of goods and vehicles.  of charcoal and windshield Traffic is not for the faint-hearted as space left for vehicles is scarce and drivers daring. But somehow, with time on one's side, there is a solution to everything and there is always someone to offer assistance because it is in the common interest that traffic does not clog the area completely. The market is busy, hawkers everywhere, works...