EP12: Nigerian wedding & a brush with wildlife
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The overland journey continues into Nigeria. I witness an political election drive with horses, colour, singing and dancing, drums and chanting. I get invited to a Nigerian traditional wedding where I personally experience the custom of spraying money. I reminisce over the week spent at Yankari National park  - soaking in the Wikki warm springs, and getting close and personal with elephants and baboons. I consider the political environment at the time of my visit and the Ogoni struggle for their homeland from the greed of politicians and international giant Shell petroleum that resulted in land degragation from oil spills and the ultimate deaths of Ogoni that protested, all only ~500 kms from where I unknowningly partied with politicians from the same country at the time.  Image: Nigerian wedding https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/149181806387390600/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justine-murray0/message
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