ABSTRACT
After two decades of sojourn, I have cause to be back in Ibadan, western Nigeria. Particularly shocksing was May 16, 2010, when I saw a man stretched out on the ground. He was sleeping right there on the concrete divide that separates north from south bound traffic. It was about 8:30 am. Policemen who direct traffic were standing close to the sleeping man; they continued directing traffic oblivious of him. It must be normal. The junction where he lay is called Mokola roundabout. It is a four-way junction with very heavy traffic especially during the morning commute. The roundabout connects significant governmental, commercial, educational and residential areas of modern Ibadan. Homeless person in Ibadan! Sleeping in public, seen by everyone, and it all looked very normal! Usually, one would see mothers wear a look of pain as they lament in a most pitiful voice the birth and now loss of such a child.
