Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, speaks withBOSEDE OLUSOLA-OBASA on his personal life and devotion to advancement of human rights in America and Africa
Can you relive your first visit to Nigeria?
Yes, when I first came to Nigeria in 1959, the year before independence, I came with a group of students on a programme called the Experiment in International Living. We lived with families all around the country. We lived with a family in Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kaduna. I remember that in Ibadan we went out to see this new university. I was absolutely impressed with it and was so proud to see such in an African country. It was such a modern structure and it impressed me very much.
