Sil Thonen

Part L…,or part 50. 50 pieces in a few years. It turned out to be a nice time picture of our adventure in Nigeria. I still read the pieces back from time to time. Especially also because I don’t want to repeat myself. Not only for you as readers, but also because I sometimes catch […]

It is the end of November 2024. The final weeks of the active year in Nigeria are upon us. As of week 50, not much is going to happen and everyone is eagerly looking forward to Christmas. So it is time for a little reflection and perhaps I will dare to look ahead to 2024.

“Ka taimaka abokina, an sace azzakarina! Bari in gani? A’a, ina tsammanin kuna fama da Koro!“. You can Google-translate this little Hausa conversation, but freely translated it roughly means, “Friend, help! I think my penis has been stolen…Let’s see then. No man, you’re just suffering from Koro!“. I was reading the paper this morning and