I’d be careful about generalising about “Africa” from one Nigerian folktale. I spent a couple of years crossing Africa in the 90s and Nigeria was by far the most generally fucked up place I visited. Some places like Zaire (now Congo) had specific—and huge—issues, but Nigeria seemed somehow endemically damaged. Africa is as diverse as Europe, if not more so.
I’d be careful about generalising about “Africa” from one Nigerian folktale. I spent a couple of years crossing Africa in the 90s and Nigeria was by far the most generally fucked up place I visited. Some places like Zaire (now Congo) had specific—and huge—issues, but Nigeria seemed somehow endemically damaged. Africa is as diverse as Europe, if not more so.