October 2017 – BORDERS WITHIN: The Trans-Nigerian Road Trip

The Roadside Intellectuals #3 (S2.EP1) — “Freshly Acquired Perceptions”

Posted on 30th October 201730th October 2017 By Yinka Elujoba

What happens when your preconceived notions come in contact with freshly acquired perceptions? In this episode of The Roadside Intellectuals we examine how we have entered into new knowledge. Yinka Elujoba begins the conversation by [...]

How Much A Picture Worth?

Posted on 29th October 201716th November 2017 By James Bekenawei

X. I struggle. To write, to take photographs, to capture alluring moments, to freeze memories, to do the work. I would rather sit with strangers, have conversations and observe than lift my camera, but [...]

Life Pulses Through the Quiet Too

Posted on 29th October 201710th November 2017 By Kemi Falodun

Looking out through the window, the land is flat and dry as far as my eyes can see. We are on our way to Sokoto, driving down the jagged road that leads to Kebbi [...]

The Eyes Have It

Posted on 28th October 201729th October 2017 By James Bekenawei

The eyes convey a wide range of emotions. Words are not needed when the eyes do the talking.

Their Space, My Reflections

Posted on 28th October 201729th October 2017 By Nengi Nelson

Reflections So far, the road has presented me with constant avenues for reflections; every space I occupy, the people I meet and interact with, the objects—all of these things somehow present an open vault [...]

A Thinking, Moving Body

Posted on 28th October 201728th October 2017 By Yinka Elujoba

The road is long and narrow and demanding to traverse but sometimes you come into the company of two men simply shaking hands under some tree in the early Sokoto wind for example and [...]

Forgetting Memories

Posted on 28th October 20172nd November 2017 By Amara Okolo

Sometimes, I think of my life as a memory I want to forget. I see it as the scenery that speeds past the windows of the bus as we move from city to city, [...]

I move my body like all the other bodies I watch

Posted on 25th October 201725th October 2017 By Kechi Nomu

I see things I have never seen before. The formations of a laterite rock between Birnin-Kebbi and Tambuwal impress me until the scene passes. I forget the lost moment. When I find the man [...]

It Is What It Is

Posted on 25th October 201725th October 2017 By Kenechukwu Nwatu

The road leads me to another prayer mount, only different than the previous, it is a monolith. Thanks to my love for climbing and my shoes that can withstand almost any rough surface I [...]

My Life is a Consistency of Echoes

Posted on 23rd October 201723rd October 2017 By Yinka Elujoba

I met a boy in Ilorin who spoke of time in a way that startled me. Sulaiman—a dark, muscular boy with brown teeth. He preferred to be known as ‘Slice’. He spoke of how [...]