Point-Counterpoint: Nigeria Nigeria May Be A Developing Nation, But It Is Rich In Culture of the human spirit. Nigerians don't need money for stereos or CDs: They make their own music! Along with a huge variety of drums, traditional instruments in- clude many kinds of flutes, xylo- phones, and wooden clappers. Music permeates all aspects of life there, in- cluding public assemblies, festivals, weddings, funerals, and storytelling sessions. In fact, in Nigeria, music lit- erally is a language: Giant slit drums are used to relay messages between villages situated along river systems. (At first, I figured it was like Morse Code, but I learned in class that it's actually an extremely sophisticated tonal language system!) There's a West African djembe-a large, goblet- shaped drum-at this store on Uni- versity Avenue for $450 that I totally want to get. The various ethnic groups of Nigeria Ever since taking West African His- tory 201, I've been fascinated by the rich cultural ta- all specialize in beautiful dances. The Ishan stilt dancers twist about in the and his stuff is really funky He's, ke the African James Brown But for all that culture, the mos pestry that is Nigeria. Profes- sor Olson really opened my eyes to Nigerian ac- complishments in art, music, air wearing their multi-colored raffia- palm costumes. The Ubakala people wondertul thing about Nigeria is the resolve conflicts and mark the sea- sons of the yam and cocoa-yam har- vests with slow, ritualistic stomping while wearing these huge, intricately Gwari, or a dialect of the Benue-Can carved wooden masks. Doesn't that sound amazing? Of course, I would only be reinfore- ing racist stereotypes if I just talked about Nigerians playing drums and dancing. Have you ever heard of the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe? He's a Nigerian writer. It's definitely one of the best books I've heritage of Nigeria gives its people ever read. Then there's Wole Soyinka, the strength to overcome the many the Nigerian playwright who won the Nobel Prize in 1986. He had to flee the country because the government wanted to kill him. Fela Kuti, the fa- mous musician, is also from Nigeria, I there! d warmth and hospinality of its varied peoples. Whether they speak Yoruta. Edo, ljo. Igbo, Igala, Idoma, Nupe. go subgroup, all Nigerians will greet a visitor to their homes with a piece of boiled meat and a ceremonial food bowl holding a sauce for dipping It's this kind of generosity and kindness that 1 would really love to experience first-hand someday. As you can see, the rich cultural and literature. By Zach Spence University of Vermont Junior What an incred- ibly cool place! It's sad how the media always dwell on the nega- tive aspects of African society. Grant- ed, Nigeria faces some economic challenges (the result of centuries of colonialist exploitation), but I'm sure Nigerians don't concern themselves with thoughts of shallow materialism when they are surrounded every day by such stirring, dynamic expressions challenges that a developing African nation such as itself faces. It must be such an exciting time to be in Nige ria right now., I've got to get ove Get Me Out Of This Godforsaken Hellhole Last month, thieves broke the oil | broken bottles. They attack you pipeline to steal fuel. Many people beat you down.The people somet rushed out to scoop up the fuel that chase a thief who steals a bag spilled out-to use, to sell. Then, everything was in flames. Seven hun- dred people died. I saw the tractor throwing the burned bodies into a hole in the ground. My family is somewhere in that hole. Ever since my parents and three brothers died in the gasoline explo- sion last month, money, billions and billions of dollars, it disappears. Millions of us live here in the Lagos slums with no electricity crowd chases him and throws down and beats him to deat! or sewage system. I don't want to smell the garbage rotting in the streets anymore. No one is safe. The police chase peo- my mind has been dead to the streets are very bad There is sc hatred. If I could get just a little m could try to leave. But I must world. Please, God, let me for my country. I see it in the glassy-eyed stares of the people on the street. We have nothing. We have been ruled by fat generals who promise elections but steal all the money from the people. The oil leave this place. ple in the streets and beat them like I have no hope dogs. This new general, Abubakar, he is no better than the ones before. President Babangida, he stole $12 bil- lion from the Nigerian people. When people ask where the money goes, they are shot. They shoot people every Sunday on Victoria Beach. The bodies wash up on the sand after they throw The month before that, the soldiers money for food. There is no ge threw my grandmother out a window. to buy in the streets. There ar The soldiers, they set up roadblocks. They stop anybody trying to drive past, and they take all their money. I see people walking down the street in broad daylight who are attacked by criminals. Men with knives, sticks, tors. I am still young. I don get sick and starve. I don't w killed by the police. Please, me. Shango, Ogun, Ifa, prc don't want to die. I have to here. d By Bitek Okoye Nigarian them in the ocean.

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Point-Counterpoint: Nigeria Nigeria May Be A Developing Nation, But It Is Rich In Culture of the human spirit. Nigerians don't need money for stereos or CDs: They make their own music! Along with a huge variety of drums, traditional instruments in- clude many kinds of flutes, xylo- phones, and wooden clappers. Music permeates all aspects of life there, in- cluding public assemblies, festivals, weddings, funerals, and storytelling sessions. In fact, in Nigeria, music lit- erally is a language: Giant slit drums are used to relay messages between villages situated along river systems. (At first, I figured it was like Morse Code, but I learned in class that it's actually an extremely sophisticated tonal language system!) There's a West African djembe-a large, goblet- shaped drum-at this store on Uni- versity Avenue for $450 that I totally want to get. The various ethnic groups of Nigeria Ever since taking West African His- tory 201, I've been fascinated by the rich cultural ta- all specialize in beautiful dances. The Ishan stilt dancers twist about in the and his stuff is really funky He's, ke the African James Brown But for all that culture, the mos pestry that is Nigeria. Profes- sor Olson really opened my eyes to Nigerian ac- complishments in art, music, air wearing their multi-colored raffia- palm costumes. The Ubakala people wondertul thing about Nigeria is the resolve conflicts and mark the sea- sons of the yam and cocoa-yam har- vests with slow, ritualistic stomping while wearing these huge, intricately Gwari, or a dialect of the Benue-Can carved wooden masks. Doesn't that sound amazing? Of course, I would only be reinfore- ing racist stereotypes if I just talked about Nigerians playing drums and dancing. Have you ever heard of the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe? He's a Nigerian writer. It's definitely one of the best books I've heritage of Nigeria gives its people ever read. Then there's Wole Soyinka, the strength to overcome the many the Nigerian playwright who won the Nobel Prize in 1986. He had to flee the country because the government wanted to kill him. Fela Kuti, the fa- mous musician, is also from Nigeria, I there! d warmth and hospinality of its varied peoples. Whether they speak Yoruta. Edo, ljo. Igbo, Igala, Idoma, Nupe. go subgroup, all Nigerians will greet a visitor to their homes with a piece of boiled meat and a ceremonial food bowl holding a sauce for dipping It's this kind of generosity and kindness that 1 would really love to experience first-hand someday. As you can see, the rich cultural and literature. By Zach Spence University of Vermont Junior What an incred- ibly cool place! It's sad how the media always dwell on the nega- tive aspects of African society. Grant- ed, Nigeria faces some economic challenges (the result of centuries of colonialist exploitation), but I'm sure Nigerians don't concern themselves with thoughts of shallow materialism when they are surrounded every day by such stirring, dynamic expressions challenges that a developing African nation such as itself faces. It must be such an exciting time to be in Nige ria right now., I've got to get ove Get Me Out Of This Godforsaken Hellhole Last month, thieves broke the oil | broken bottles. They attack you pipeline to steal fuel. Many people beat you down.The people somet rushed out to scoop up the fuel that chase a thief who steals a bag spilled out-to use, to sell. Then, everything was in flames. Seven hun- dred people died. I saw the tractor throwing the burned bodies into a hole in the ground. My family is somewhere in that hole. Ever since my parents and three brothers died in the gasoline explo- sion last month, money, billions and billions of dollars, it disappears. Millions of us live here in the Lagos slums with no electricity crowd chases him and throws down and beats him to deat! or sewage system. I don't want to smell the garbage rotting in the streets anymore. No one is safe. The police chase peo- my mind has been dead to the streets are very bad There is sc hatred. If I could get just a little m could try to leave. But I must world. Please, God, let me for my country. I see it in the glassy-eyed stares of the people on the street. We have nothing. We have been ruled by fat generals who promise elections but steal all the money from the people. The oil leave this place. ple in the streets and beat them like I have no hope dogs. This new general, Abubakar, he is no better than the ones before. President Babangida, he stole $12 bil- lion from the Nigerian people. When people ask where the money goes, they are shot. They shoot people every Sunday on Victoria Beach. The bodies wash up on the sand after they throw The month before that, the soldiers money for food. There is no ge threw my grandmother out a window. to buy in the streets. There ar The soldiers, they set up roadblocks. They stop anybody trying to drive past, and they take all their money. I see people walking down the street in broad daylight who are attacked by criminals. Men with knives, sticks, tors. I am still young. I don get sick and starve. I don't w killed by the police. Please, me. Shango, Ogun, Ifa, prc don't want to die. I have to here. d By Bitek Okoye Nigarian them in the ocean.

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