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Friday, March 14, 2008

Video of Lagos

Well...happy 2008!! I know...I know, it has been too long! In all honesty, blogging over here is a time-consuming process with the time it takes to upload pictures and such. Life has been a little crazy over the last few months between getting ready to take groups of 40 to 55+ students to both Spain and Florida and getting ready for our own trip to South Africa this Spring Break.

I am posting a music video of an American rapper who just finished filming in Lagos, Nigeria. In this video the Hostile Gospel, Talib Kweli, the artist, rides around on Okadas(motorcycle taxis) and passes by Danfo's (yellow buses) in which they sometimes cram up to 20 people into. I felt the video did a great job showing the extreme poverty in which most Nigerians live. I'm 99% sure all of the profanity is edited - it would take about 30 minutes just to get the 4 minutes downloaded and listened to just to make sure, and right now, I don't have that time! If you do not want to hear the rap music, just mute your speakers and watch the video!



We miss you all! Talk to you soon.

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