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Letter from a Kenyan in Abuja, Nigeria's reluctant capital

Abuja, with a population exceeding 3,000 is the Federal Capital, of Nigeria and fourth largest city after Lagos, Kano, and Ibadan. [File]

For the older generation, we came across Nigeria through literature, reading novels like "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. Remember Umuahia?

Lately, we have Chimamanda Adichie whose parents lived in the same house that Chinua Achebe used to live!

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