The Midnight Whisper of Nigeria
Story Time 👻 The Midnight Whisper of Nigeria They say that when the moon is full, and the wind sighs through the trees, a name whispers in the dark. A name older than the borders, older than the monarchies, older even than the stories of the people who now walk these lands. Tonight, you will hear its secret. 🔍 Origins in the Mist Long ago, in lands beyond the desert and the dry winds, there flowed a river. A river known to the Tuareg people by a name like egerew n-igerewen — in their tongue meaning “River of Rivers” or “Great River” . It wound its way through soil, forest, and savannah, threading the land with water, life, mystery. Historians believe this was one of the sources of the name Niger. Then came explorers and colonial journalists with pens as sharp as blades. In 1897, a British journalist, Flora Shaw , looked upon the river and the territories that followed its flow, and she spoke a name into being: Nigeria — “ land of Nig...