nPosted on May 27, 2019
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nSchool’s out for the day! Instead, kids go with their classmates for special marches and performances in a stadium.
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nSome radio and TV stations invite children to broadcast and anchor programs!
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Some deserving kids are honored by media organizations or governmental officials.
Some deserving kids are honored by media organizations or governmental officials.n
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nThat’s how Children’s Day goes in Nigeria. Sounds pretty nice, doesn’t it?
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nThis Western African nation is very mixed, in several different ways:
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nIt is the most populous country in Africa, even though it is #14th in size. And it has almost twice as many people as the next most-populous African nation.
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nIt is the largest economy in Africa, but it has been called the poverty capital of the world, because it has the largest extreme poverty population in the world. About half of the people live in extreme poverty.
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nThis nation – which is roughly the size of Texas plus Minnesota plus Rhode Island – has about 250 ethnic groups with even more than 250 different languages and a wide range of traditions and cultural practices. The nation is about half and half, Christian and Muslim, with traditional African religions mostly extinct.
Even though it is already the seventh most populous nation in the world, Nigeria has the third largest youth population -more than 90 million children under age 18 – and is expected to have a big population boom that will make it perhaps the third most populous nation! Yet the nation’s Human Development Index ranking is in the group of countries with the lowest HDI ranking in the world.
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nHDI rankings take into consideration many things, including life expectancy, education, and a decent standard of living.
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nAlso on this date:
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nBirthday of “Mother of Modern Dance,” Isadora Duncan
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nPhysicist Lawrence M. Krauss’s birthday
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nCellophane Tape Day
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nFeminist Amelia Bloomer’s birthday
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nEnvironmentalist Rachel Carson’s birthday
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nNational Title Track Day
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nMother’s Day in Bolivia
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Memorial Day in the U.S.A.
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Memorial Day in the U.S.A.
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n(Last Monday in May)
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n(Last Monday in May)
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nPlan ahead:
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