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What a month of carnival is actually worth
Calabar stages the largest street festival in Africa every December. The rest of the year is the harder question.
Editor
Edits the south-south coverage. Has argued, at length and in print, that the delta is over-reported and under-described.
Based in Calabar
Calabar stages the largest street festival in Africa every December. The rest of the year is the harder question.
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