GSSAWorldcon, Washington DC, (Aug. 7 to 9, 2009)
Summary of Convention and Key Highlights: Introduction On the weekend of August 7 to 9, 2009 at the Sheraton Washington North Hotel, close to the historic capital of the USA, more than four dozen men gathered for the third annual convention of the Government Secondary School Afikpo Alumni Association (GSSAAA), an association born out of a need to organize alumni resident outside of Nigeria. This is a summary of what these Mgbomiams (as they call themselves) did over three days. In attendance They came from far and near; they came from Nigeria, they came from the UK, they came from Canada, and they came from every region of the USA. They came with their wives, they came with their young adult children, they came with their minor children, and they came with their friends. They came to celebrate their pedigree, to celebrate a bond, a bond made strong by a kinship, a kinship of common values and of common outlook, mindset, ideas and orientation. They came to re...