Thanks for being there.

Liberian small talk...

Me: "Wassup?"

LiberiaMan: "Fine."

Happens every time. I mean, it kind of makes sense if you think about it. If someone tells me not much is up, I'll then ask how they're doing. So Liberians are just cuttin' to the chase. Skip that meaningless answer and save a little breath.

"Hey, what's goin' on, man?

"Not bad."

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Some big-time Nigerian movie stars dropped by our studio. And pandemonium ensued. When you put 'Nollywood' actors live on the air, people will figure it out: If we besiege the station, maybe we can see them! After the interview, we released the celebs to the wolves in the street and hurried to our balcony to watch the madness. It was shades of The Beatles down there. Screaming girls, shirts tossed into the crowd, cars damaged, stars ducking into their SUV. Chaos.

An actor is mobbed by the masses as our staff surveys the scene.

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