by Marta Maretich | Nov 27, 2016 | Nigeria, The Possibility of Lions
by Marta Maretich I am a Nigerian. You wouldn’t guess it to look at me and when I reveal this fact to other Nigerians, they tend to laugh politely and edge away, thinking, “Clearly, this white lady is a little nuts!” But it’s 100% true. I was born in Port Harcourt.... 
by Marta Maretich | Nov 23, 2016 | Literacy, Nigeria, The Possibility of Lions, Writing and reading
by Marta Maretich General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu died on November 26, 2011—and, with him died a small piece of my history. Ojukwu couldn’t have known it, but he is partly responsible for the person I am today. The General and I go all the way back. As a... 