tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271918546193143884.post2487301968389074074..comments2024-03-07T15:32:16.966+01:00Comments on CrunchyApple's Musings: Balancing Ethnicity And ReligionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118096615085613793noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271918546193143884.post-82086097210304095462013-07-09T02:22:00.040+01:002013-07-09T02:22:00.040+01:00Wow! Interesting. This is one part of the country ...Wow! Interesting. This is one part of the country I've never been to. There is nothing as good as being at peace with your neighbor for real. The fact that things are cheap there too makes it inviting too. Thanks for sharing!Ojay!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00182900589677042411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271918546193143884.post-82164720196218854212013-07-08T11:28:32.378+01:002013-07-08T11:28:32.378+01:00For Me, that's the most impressive city in Sou...For Me, that's the most impressive city in South West. It took me seeing ilorin to realize lagos is just an overated hype. Everything is still cheap and its the perfect place for people who like out of town relaxationAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118096615085613793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271918546193143884.post-4528760740004645612013-07-08T11:12:15.774+01:002013-07-08T11:12:15.774+01:00Ilorin is one town I would have loved to settle in...Ilorin is one town I would have loved to settle in, had circumstances been different. It is so peaceful, and cost of living so readily affordable. I remember a day in 1995, having gone to Ilorin to visit my immediate elder sister, who's been domiciled there since 1985. As usual, there was shortage of fuel, an so transportation was at a premium. I flagged down a taxi (in the company of a few other family members, mostly male), and asked him to take us on a drop, for N200 (that was cheap for me, coming from Lagos). The poor man sped off, after hurling abuses at us, for attempting to lure him with a large sum of money, ostensibly for money rituals). We found it difficult to understand, until somebody told me that the highest he would expect to get for a drop was N100, or less. Even now, cost of living is still readily affordable.<br /><br />As to religion and ethnicity, it would seem that religious fanaticism and bigotry is a major issue only in the northern part of the country. I recall that in the early 1970s, when my father wa an Anglican priest in Ijebu-Imusin, Ogun state, the chief Imama lived not too far from the vicarage, where I grew up. Every Muslim festival, he would send us a choice portion of the ram he killed (I still remember being told that the man was one of those who made the pilgrimage to Mecca on foot)! In return, we would always send him food at Christmas and Easter. Religious intolerance is relatively unheard of in the South, and if it is coming now, it is a spillover of what is happening in the northern part of the country. God help us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355698852305993855noreply@blogger.com