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The BBC's Samantha Simmonds
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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.

Clinton in Nigeria
The visit to Ushafa was intended to give President Clinton a taste of rural Nigerian life

Nigerian crowds
Women, children and young men gathered along bamboo barricades, erupting into cheers at the sight of the president

Chief of Ushafa and President Clinton
Alongside chief of Ushafa, President Clinton told villagers he want to help Nigeria educate its children

Nigerian dancers
Villagers treated their distinguished American guest to an exhibition of traditional dancing

Clinton and Chelsea
Mr Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea, were presented with traditional robes of the Gbagyi tribe

Clinton and villagers
The president shook the hands of hundreds of villagers who were desperate to touch him

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