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KALEIDOSCOPE
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October,
1979
College
hosts
overseas
students
NIGERIAN
STUDENT
COMPARES-
by
ROYCE
CURLE
If
you've
been
wondering
about
the
students
that
are
attending
here
from
Africa,
I
talked
to
a
student
named
Dauda
Hassan
and
found
out
some
interesting
things.
The
Nigerisn
government
and
our
government
made
a
contract
concerning
these
six
students
education.
They
aren't
exchange
students
at
all
like
I've
been
hearing.
Dauda
is
25,
from
a
family
of
six,
and
comes
from
Bauchi,
one
of
Nigeria's
nineteen
states.
Dauda's
job
m
Nigeria
was
that
of
a
technical
officer
in
the
civilian
department.
Four
small
scars
on
either
side
of
his
mouth
signify
his
being
a
member
of
a
certain
type
of
tribe.
Other
tribes
have
different
marks.
I
guess
you
can
compare
this
with
our
models
in
high
fashion
and
our
farmers
as
well
as
the
casual
dressers.
College
in
Nigeria
is
quite
different
from
ours
here.
Each
college
there
offers
only
one
set
of
courses
for
one
field;
for
example,
a
college
for
teaching
would
be
solely
for
teaching.
The
students
here
from
Nigeria
are
taking
construction
technology
and
will
be
here
for
two
years.
Popular
sports
in
Nigeria
are
pretty
much
the
same
as
those
here,
including
football,
racquet
ball,
soccer
and
field
hockey.
Dauda
says
every
type
of
entertainment
we
have
here
is
just
the
same
as
in
Nigeria.
He
explained
one
odd
type
of
attraction
though;
people
from
all
over
the
world
come
and
stay
on
game
reserves
in
Nigeria
enjoying
the
company
of
lions,
tigers
and
elephants
which
are
tame
and
won't
harm
you.
You
pay
about
eight-five
dollars
nightly
to
stay
in
a
house
or
a
cabin
on
this
reserve.
He
says
it's
commonplace
to
wake
up
and
find
a
tiger
sleeping
in
your
living
room.
Five
million
dollars
is
spent
annually
on
these
game
reserves
as
they
are
so
modern
and
advanced
with
swimming
pools
made
of
concrete
set
in
a
decor
of
vegetation
to
make
it
look
natural.
Dauda
really
likes
Canada
except
for
the
high
cost
of
living.
In
Nigeria
he
earns
$5,000
annually
and
only
spends
$500
a
year
on
rent
for
his
seven
bedroom
moden
home.
.
.good
luck
here!
Anthropology
trip
CNC
IN
KENYA
by
WALLY
MacKAY
This
summer
anthropologist
Gary
Tunnel
and
a
group
of
CNC
students
spent
one
month
travelling
in
Kenya.
In
safari
vehicles
the
group
drove
nearly
4,000
kilometres
along
back
roads
and
across
the
wide
open
savana.
The
wildlife
of
the
game
preserves
visited
proved
to
be
so
fearless
that
special
precautions
had
to
be
taken
when
establishing
camp.
Typically
the
vehicles
were
parked
to
form
a
circle
and
the
tents
pitched
in
the
middle
of
this
barricade.
At
times
elephants
would
stand
outside
the
camp
and
watch
over
the
group
as
they
cooked
their
meals.
The
elephants
were
not
only
the
largest
animals
encountered
on
the
savana,
but
also
the
most
bellicose.
Two
members
of
the
group
were
especially
startled,
when
the
elephant
they
were
photographing
charged
toward
their
lenses.
At
times,
lions
wandering
by
the
camp
would
stop
at
the
edge
of
the
camp
and
roar,
yet
showed
no
interest
in
attacking.
One
of
the
most
isolated
areas
the
group
visited
was
the
Tidda
Hills.
Here
high
above
the
surrounding
desert
the
Tidda
subsist
by
cultivating
the
earth
of
their
lush
green
mountains.
During
their
visit
the
group
met
a
Messiah,
"God
on
Earth,"
of
the
Tidda.
He
and
some
villagers,
accompanied
by
drums
and
chanting,
danced
for
the
group.
They
were
also
shown
the
burial
caves
of
the
village,
a
crack
in
the
wall
of
a
steep
cliff,
which
housed
various
skulls.
According
to
Tidda
custom,
if
the
ghost
of
a
dead
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village,
its
skeleton
is
dug
up,
the
skull
removed,
and
placed
in
the
cave.
The
ghost
is
also
consulted
in
order
to
find
an
offering
which
will
silence
it.
At
times
the
ghost
may
ask
for
a
wife.
The
woman
of
such
a
marriage
and
any
children
she
gives
birth
to,
will
all
take
the
name
of
the
ghost.
Professor
Tunnel
was
particularly
impressed
by
the
beauty
of
the
Lake
Naivasha
area
of
the
Rift
Valley.
This
desert
region
of
the
rift
is
dotted
with
volcanoes
and
steam
vents.
The
group
climbed
to
the
lip
of
one
volcanic
cone
in
order
to
see
the
crater.
On
the
rim
they
saw
an
incredible
"lost
world"
inside
the
crater
far
below
them.
The
floor
of
the
crater
was
carpeted
in
luxuriant
greenery
through
which
hissed
jets
of
steam.
A
visit
to
the
Masai
people
in
Southern
Kenya
was
the
highlight
of
the
trip.
These
are
the
tall,
graceful,
saffron
robed
pastoralists
of
Africa.
Professor
Tunnel
suggest
the
Masai
taboo
against
killing
game
is
largely
responsible
for
the
preservation
of
the
game
of
a
large
area
of
Africa.
Moreover,
the
Masai
have
a
stable
population
and
exist
in
ecological
balance
with
their
environment.
In
the
tradition
of
traveller
and
writer
Joseph
Conrad,
Professor
Tunnel
poses
a
question
that
requires
us
all
to
follow
the
journey
through
to
its
logical
completion,
that
is
into
our
"own
hearts."
Which
cultural
model
has
the
most
potential
for
long
term
survival,
the
Masai
or
our
own?