I have been working for an African owned independent oil company and have lived in Africa for the last 36 years. I am currently a resident of Nigeria and living in Lagos, Nigeria and continue to work. Currently, the company I work for is operating in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin Republic, Nigeria, Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan, Uganda, Namibia and Zambia. It has been an interesting experience

Slipping out out during assemblies and meeting up with half the Senior class at Dees restaurant for coffee. Then returning to Gunderson's (Mao Zegund) auto shop class late and catching hell. Even one of our colleagues (name witheld) forgot to take his cigarette pack out of his shirt pocket. Mao Zegund called him to the front of the class and grabbed him by the shirt pocket crushing the smokes and just held him there like that for about a minute stating that had to hurt him the most.
I also remember the whole wood shop class hiding in the store room waiting to pounce on one of the older students. Instead the teacher (Cornell Diamond) caught us and took on a couple of other students with fists