Author: Editor

His corporate appearance was American, but his amiable disposition was African, and his intonation reflected northern Nigerian influences. I promptly greeted him in Hausa before you could say, ‘Jack Robinson, ‘and we embraced like old friends who hadn’t seen each other for decades. Within minutes after the occasion, I was lavishly treated to Chinese dishes at a classic restaurant in downtown Des Moines, Iowa State, USA. I was hosted in his smothered house in the next few hours but missed his wife. He took me to his friend’s house, Dr. Yusoupha, a Gambian working in the same university. That was…

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