History Father Gerald in Nigeria Previous Next Father Gerald returns to Nigeria in summer 2019, after ten years of priesthood, and arrives in the city of Enugu, near Agbani, in the southeast of the country. © Didier Ruef As soon as he arrived in his home village, Father Gerald gets himself a haircut. © Didier Ruef Woman next to a 'keke', the Nigerian version of a rickshaw. © Didier Ruef A boy wearing a military helmet in Enugu and Father Gerald in the rain. © Didier Ruef Open-air landfill in Enugu. © Didier Ruef Father Gerald with a group of Catholic nuns belonging to various orders. © Didier Ruef Igbo woman, an ethnic group with a Catholic majority, in the city of Enugu. © Didier Ruef In Agbani, Father Gerald prays at the grave of his mother, who died in 2014. © Didier Ruef Family outside the Catholic church of San Bartolomeo in Agbani. © Didier Ruef Igbo boy during mass in Agbani and Father Gerald with the wife of one of his older brothers. © Didier Ruef Igbo marriage in the Catholic parish of Awhun, Enugu state. © Didier Ruef The altar of the church of San Bartolomeo in Agbani and a boy amidst traffic in Enugu. © Didier Ruef Igbo wedding in the Catholic parish of Awhun. © Didier Ruef Students at Army Day High School in Enugu. © Didier Ruef Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 Picture 7 Picture 8 Picture 9 Picture 10 Picture 11 Picture 12 Picture 13 Picture 14 This content was published on January 11, 2020 - 11:00 You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here. Please join us! If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.
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