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Nigerian visit helps students see Africa

Trip provides insight through travel, meetings

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, March 29, 2004

Eleven Yale graduate students, most from the School of Management, spent their spring breaks in Nigeria meeting many of the country's leaders in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

The trip provided a unique, structured opportunity for students interested in visiting Africa and gave Nigerian SOM alumni an opportunity to interact, the trip's main coordinator said.

In 1999, Nigeria instituted a civilian government with a new constitution after 16 years of military rule. Since then, the government has been working to implement economic reforms and resolve...

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