Nigeria, the land of plenty

once upon a time, the train came to Jos Blond is the colour that could best describe the Jos plateau several weeks after the end of the rainy season. The sun is treacherously burning and the air is dry. The altitude keeps temperatures lower than in the neighboring Nassarawa plains. The wind that sweeps the plateau is cool and refreshing. Dry grass pastures, grazing land, clay soil, all looks blond under the blunt sunlight. The landscape is occasionally disturbed by rocky outcrops and small villages fenced by cactuses and planted with majestic and tormented trees that look like they have been there for a very long time. The harshness of the sun turns every tree into a place of gathering, its shadow is a haven for conversation, for spending time and exchanging information, for witnessing the passing of time. Unlike in Lagos, basic constructions are much more robust and covered by proper corrugated iron roofs often of pastel color...

the Magajin Garin of Zazzau in his audience room Northern states in Nigeria are composed of a number of Emirates. The Emirs are the rulers of the people. Many of them of Fulani origin while the population is mostly from Hausa origin. In the particular case of Zaria, Fulani warriors conquered the Emirate at the beginning of the 19th century (1805) and since then Emirs are been chosen from the royal family. There is therefore a blood tie between them. Among the famous Emirates is the one of Zaria with Alhaji Shehu Idriss being the Emir of Zazzau, Kano with the Emir Muhamadu Sanusi II who was previously minister of finance in the government of Jonathan Goodluck, under the name of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. He was asked to go upon revealing the existing a hole of several billion dollars in the State coffers. Then there are Sokoto, Katsina, etc... the old town in Zaria Zaria is a town famous for its Usman Danfodio University with several tenth of thousand students, for its old town ma...