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Arjen Westra writes about his experiences in Togo and Nigeria: “My first visit to Nigeria years ago, I did not get the AK47 roadblocks every 200 meters that people prepared me for. I neglected the advice of friends (who had never been to Africa), asking me if a story is worth my life. I went and I met a crazy country, but not the roadblocks.”
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Arjen Westra escribe acerca de su experiencia en Togo y Nigeria: “Mi primera visita a Nigeria años atras, no conseguí el control policiales AK47 cada 200 metros para los cuales la gente me preparó. Descuide los consejos de mis amigos(los cuales nunca estuvieron en Africa), preguntandome si una historia is merece mi vida. Fui y encontre un pais loco, pero no el control policial”.