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Sean in Nigeria: Long arms of the law
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A New York lawyer spends six months researching street vendors and the informal economy on a Fulbright grant in Lagos, Nigeria. Sunday, July 5, 2009. Long arms of the law. One reason I'm optimistic that the KAI raids against street vendors here will eventually stop (or at least slow down) is that they are such horrible public spectacles. I was on board a bus waiting to leave Ojota. The officers let her go. I guess they did not have the heart to haul her into the "Black Maria" paddy wagon. Kabissa: Space ...
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Sean in Nigeria: Sean in New York
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A New York lawyer spends six months researching street vendors and the informal economy on a Fulbright grant in Lagos, Nigeria. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Sean in New York. After nearly seven months in six countries on three continents, my trip is over. I am back in New York, back in my apartment, and back at work. I haven't had much time to reflect, but it was an amazing trip that gave me the chance to expand my own mind while making (I hope) some small difference on a global scale. July 30, 2009 at 8:19 AM.
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Sean in Nigeria: Corruption, corruption, what's your function?
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A New York lawyer spends six months researching street vendors and the informal economy on a Fulbright grant in Lagos, Nigeria. Monday, July 13, 2009. Corruption, corruption, what's your function? President Obama is huge in Nigeria, and folks here were quite miffed that he went to Ghana, their much smaller neighbor, for his first trip to Africa. But these choices. That was the whole point. The real problem is with the billions of dollars that get siphoned off by corrupt politicians every year. Nigeri...
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Sean in Nigeria: Healthy living
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A New York lawyer spends six months researching street vendors and the informal economy on a Fulbright grant in Lagos, Nigeria. Wednesday, July 8, 2009. One word I hear used a lot by Lagosians is "environment." I even started to wonder if the Sierra Club had been doing some covert recruiting here. But Nigerians don't use the word the same way Americans usually do, when we refer to things like clean air, healthy wetlands, and thriving forests. They mean, "is there trash on the ground? So which is worse?
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Sean in Nigeria: Le Grande Finale
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A New York lawyer spends six months researching street vendors and the informal economy on a Fulbright grant in Lagos, Nigeria. Friday, July 17, 2009. Well, I finally finished my report and gave my presentation at the US Embassy yesterday. It was a huge success. More than 100 people showed up - lawyers, professors, microcredit. Types, street vendors, and government officials. Ben Akabueze. The Lagos State Commissioner. Foundation staff, everything went off without a hitch. I gave my powerpoint.
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Sean in Nigeria: When life gives you oranges
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A New York lawyer spends six months researching street vendors and the informal economy on a Fulbright grant in Lagos, Nigeria. Sunday, June 28, 2009. When life gives you oranges. One of my best memories of. Is of drinking fresh-squeezed orange juice from a vendor in. S main plaza. In. I saw hundreds of men, like this guy. Selling the same thing. Do you not like fresh orange juice? So I ordered one online a couple months ago and had Mom and Dad ship it to me here in. And its starting to look like one 15 ...
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Sean in Nigeria: Zulu nation
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A New York lawyer spends six months researching street vendors and the informal economy on a Fulbright grant in Lagos, Nigeria. Thursday, July 23, 2009. Wait, that doesn't look like Lagos! In fact, I left Nigeria and am now in Johannesburg on my way back to New York. I'm here just a few days, but I've done a virtual Apartheid Tour. Yesterday I went to Soweto - the poor, black township that was the heart of the freedom struggle. Today I took in the excellent Apartheid Museum (and casino!
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Books that I want to Read: June 2007
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Books that I want to Read. Friday, June 22, 2007. Sent to you by Umesh via Google Reader:. Via Paul Kedroskys Infectious Greed. By pk on Jun 20, 2007. In case some out there are interested, here is the current stack o' bedside books:. Why Most Things Fail. The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Vol. 1. The first three are ones I hadn't yet got around to reading, but I'm a Lakatos junkie and am re-reading his classic collection for the umpteenth time. Things you can do from here:. Sean has ded...
