Image is ‘The Chartered Bank’ building in Talat Yai, Phuket Old Town.

Ibadan truly reflects the warmth, abrasive interactions, rich foods, rooted traditions and population density of the wider country.

Nigeria is home to 232 million people and over 500 ethnic groups, each with their own expressive language, and is the most populous country in Africa. While it is most known for Afrobeats, Nollywood, Chimamanda Ngozi and its ever-more-frustrating parades of corrupt-icians, there is a lot to unpack about the “Giant of Africa”.