15 Mar
Invisible Children has spent roughly 10 years building their reputation. When I was a student, they were a grassroots operation working to build awareness of what was going on in Uganda. Grassroots- from the ground up. And much of what people (in my age bracket) know today about the LRA is credited to them. And [...]
3 Dec
So for the most part, I was excited for this trip so I could get away from the day-to-day routine of checking email, playing shows, checking more email, and ignoring phone calls :) So when my uncle lined up an interview on Abuja, Nigeria’s Kiss FM I was excited but very ill prepared. Nevertheless, today [...]
1 Dec
By far, the most enjoyable part of my trip has been The Divine Daughters of Love Convent in Enugu. My Aunt Josephine (they call her Papa Jo…which is pretty funny) is a nun and we spent a day and 1/2 with her meeting her fellow sisters, visiting the nearby hospital run by the nuns, and [...]
24 Nov
Thanksgiving will always be my favorite Holiday. However, I was very sad to realize that it is not celebrated in Nigeria. I guess I had just assumed that it was since my family has always celebrated it in the states. Nevertheless, my family had quite an interesting Thanksgiving. Through a series of random connections, we [...]
20 Nov
Day 7 ::: Have you heard of Osuofia? He’s a famous Nigeria comedian who is hilarious! I have been watching Nigerian Movies and Soap Operas over the past few days. The big soap here is called Super Story. Terrible title and even worse theme song! I also watched an episode of Nigerian American Idol, which [...]
16 Nov
Day 3 ::: Last night we arrived in Umuahia. It’s a city in Eastern Nigeria and roughly 45 minutes from the village my mother grew up in. We arrived late in the afternoon and much of the town was going dark. Still there were tons of children playing outside…as well as people walking home from [...]
15 Nov
Day 2 ::: The first thing I saw when I looked out my window on Day 1 was a boy taking a picture of himself with his camera phone. Funny! That will be a great Facebook photo. I thought this to myself. I’m currently in Nigeria with my mother. My whole family will be here [...]
14 Nov
Day 0 ::: I was first introduced to the Spice Girls 14 years ago on a flight much like this one. I was in 8th grade and my family had decided to spend Christmas and New Years in Nigeria. I remember a couple things about that trip. 1) being so excited to miss so many [...]
13 Oct
I have a profession that causes me to think about myself probably more than the average person. I write a song about something in my life and then spend countless hours trying to find ways to make people listen to me, visit my, website, and then give me their money, so that I can figure out [...]
