We were in Abuja for the Nigerian National Track Meet where David was to give a speech and hand out gold medals to the winners. They must have loved the speech because afterwards, he also received a gold medal. I must add, he was the only gold medalist in loafers and a blazer.
There were three oyibos (white person, means "peeled one") at the event and me and David made up 2/3 of that minority. There were "cheerleaders" who painted their bodies white, but they don't count as "peeled". I don't even count them as cheerleaders because all they did was chase me around saying "Oyibo...give us money".
Aside from the cheerleaders, we were treated like royalty. At one point, a silver tray was passed around and on that tray were vegetables that looked like eggs. Baby eggplants maybe??? They are called "garden eggs" and are eaten raw at sporting events like we eat peanuts at baseball games.
Garden Eggs...get your garden eggs
Maybe I shouldn't have eaten that weird vegetable after all
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