It’s difficult for me to pick just one favorite blog to write about for the latest Entrecard Giveaway Bash.

I have a favorite blog for every mood.  On Sundays I’m usually drawn to “real world reflective” type blogs.  Today’s favorite on real world reflective is Nigerian Curiosity.

I can’t read this blog on Friday.  Fridays I want to escape from the real world.  So I read Kitchen Retro or, of course, Margie and Edna.

But by Sunday, I’m usually ready to face the world again.  Nigerian Curiosity is a real world blog, only it’s not sharing my real world, it’s sharing the real world of Nigeria.

Here’s an example:

“Consider that the majority of Nigerians are young people, particularly as the life expectancy rate is a pitiful 47 years. In fact, according to a Wiki list, Nigeria is 174 out of 191 countries ranked according to the life expectancy rates as listed in the 2007 CIA World Factbook, falling behind Haiti and Somalia. At a 2007 speech in Greenbelt, MD, the Governor of Nigeria’s Central bank, Chukwuma Soludo, shared an interesting and terrifying statistic. According to Soludo, 50% of the people in Nigeria are under the age of 18.” 

This blog delivers its message in a professional and unbiased “news-like” style, making its point, while giving voice to both the politicos and their struggling and angry critics.

These global blogs - and there are many - make the world a whole lot smaller for me.  They help me appreciate how lucky I am even as my 401k is plummets, and my grocery bill skyrockets.

Nigerian Curiosity keeps me in touch with a “real world” that would slip under my radar if I let it.  Like most third world countries, Nigeria is a complex mixture of old traditions and modern infrastructure, incongruent to any life experience I’ve ever had.

And I want to - and need to - be aware of it.  If you do, too, check out this blog.

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