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Sunday, 27 August, 2000, 14:44 GMT 15:44 UK
In pictures: Clinton's village walkabout
On the second day of his visit to Nigeria, President Clinton visited the small village of Ushafa.
![]() The visit to Ushafa was intended to give President Clinton a taste of rural Nigerian life
![]() Women, children and young men gathered along bamboo barricades, erupting into cheers at the sight of the president
![]() Alongside chief of Ushafa, President Clinton told villagers he want to help Nigeria educate its children
![]() Villagers treated their distinguished American guest to an exhibition of traditional dancing
![]() Mr Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea, were presented with traditional robes of the Gbagyi tribe
![]() The president shook the hands of hundreds of villagers who were desperate to touch him
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