Archive for December, 2006

Dec 21

Signs of Home

For most people in Abuja the sign below is nothing more than one of Abuja’s many street signs. For me (and indeed anyone else who speaks Kiswahili) two of the places mentioned instantly stand out:

Nyanya is the Kiswahili word for grandmother and tomato ( I have never known why the two share the same […]

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Dec 21

Death By Chocolate

I thought that Abuja’s Cherry Plus (bakery/coffeeshop) only specialised in amazing coffee; it turns out that according to their menu (pictured below) the Hot Chocolate has super magical powers!

For those who are soon to turn a year older, worry not about your ageing eyes - here is a close up.

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Dec 06

When I grow up I want to be a Kano Donkey

I don’t really want to be transformed into a four legged braying work animal but I have recently learned that there is Hausa phrase for foreigners who are fluent in Hausa; this being, “Ya iya Hausa kamar jakin Kano” which literatly translates to “he speaks Hausa like a Kano donkey.” Owing to the fact […]

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