Word: nigerianism
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...Where's the Nigerian guy?" "How many has that Nigerian got?" were the questions asked by newly-arrived spectators. In the second period a tricky O'Hiri pass went begging between two Crimson linemen. "Just like Cousy, of the Celts," a fan observed. "He fools his own teammates just like Cousy...
...Harvard's efforts into its official program and the selection of the University as a summer training site for Corps volunteers. Before the merger with the government program actually took place, Monro pointed out, the University had made enough progress on its own to open correspondence with a Nigerian college and discuss sending 15 students abroad...
...American journalist, might not make it in the Peace Corps today. She is of an older vintage of do-gooders, descended from Rousseau and Thoreau, firmly convinced that she sees "in a little community of naked savages the pattern of an earthly paradise." She quickly learns her mistake. The Nigerian tribes she has come to study want to be left alone, of course. Their good luck is to have an English district officer who wants the same thing. Bewsher is a typical Gary character-humane, eccentric, ready with the bottle, and just as ready to foxtrot in the midst...
...misnomer as a title. Marie is interesting only as an American abstraction, a believer in the view that what is savage is unspoiled. What is best in the book is its ring of truth. The natives and the British whites speak and act with absolute naturalness. Gary describes the Nigerian landscape, soldiers on the march, and a tribal attack with casual excellence. And he misses few of the ironies of a situation in which imperfect Christians try to perfect the savages...
...Nicosia he attended six dinner parties in a single evening. Mrs. Bowles and other State Department wives, brought along at Government expense, spent part of their time at the conferences, part visiting local tourist attractions. At Lagos' Faji market they mixed with the local women, moved one Nigerian to comment on the U.S. wives: "These women are beautiful and well taken care of by their husbands." One aide waxed enthusiastic about wives: "It's a stroke of genius. They have so much to contribute. They're worth the air fare and keep...