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The Nigerian blogger scouring the past to inform the future

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In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at a young man s passion for the past.
There are many events in Nigeria s history which 23-year-old Teslim Omipidan wishes every Nigerian to know.
For example, in October 1961, a young American woman, Margery Michelmore, was attending Peace Corps training at the University of Ibadan in south-western Nigeria.
A postcard she wrote to a friend back home described the squalor and absolutely primitive living conditions of her new environment.
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image captionMargery Michelmore s infamous postcard sparked an international incident in 1961 ....

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The blogger scouring the past to inform the future

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The blogger scouring the past to inform the future
© Teslim Omipidan
In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at a young man s passion for the past.
© BBC
There are many events in Nigeria s history which 23-year-old Teslim Omipidan wishes every Nigerian to know.
For example, in October 1961, a young American woman, Margery Michelmore, was attending Peace Corps training at the University of Ibadan in south-western Nigeria.
A postcard she wrote to a friend back home described the squalor and absolutely primitive living conditions of her new environment.
© The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images ....

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