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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikivoyage or other free sources online. Nigeria is a country we re coming to love. Getting around can sometimes be a little tough, and it s certainly a challenging destination for first-timers to Africa, but you shouldn t believe all the scare stories. Lagos is one of the most exuberant cities in Africa, while port city Calabar makes for an enjoyable stopover for travellers on their way to Cameroon. Across Southern Nigeria, old kingdoms carry on their customs, from creating elaborate brass sculptures to venerating the ancient gods. More modern traditions include one of the world s pioneering primate conservation organisations. Nigeria is a country of extremes. Great wealth and great poverty sit cheek by jowl, and tensions between different communities can boil over into civil strife. While a few parts of the country remain problematic, the vast majority is as warm and welcoming to visitors as anywhere in Africa. Challenging yet exuberant, this is Africa in the raw there s nowhere quite like it on the continent. This book offers information on Nigeria and its most notable places.

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