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Author: Amara Okolo

A Frozen Perspective

Posted on 16th November 2017 By Amara Okolo
The mother at Ibadan grips the hand of her daughter, smiling at me as we ride the elevator to the twenty-sixth floor of Cocoa House. The woman by the side of the road in [...]
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The Enthusiasm of Strangers

Posted on 13th November 201713th November 2017 By Amara Okolo
Cover Image credit: Kenechukwu Nwatu You are standing in the midst of a bed of hydrangeas, waiting for water. The sun is hot, almost blinding, an unfamiliar heat that leaves your neck prickly with [...]
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Seeing Faces

Posted on 4th November 20174th November 2017 By Amara Okolo
In the ancient city of Zaria a girl stares at me as I take her picture. She is not less than five; her eyes are aglow with a childish sense of innocence, her brow [...]
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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, [...]
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Saints, Rust, and Butterflies

Posted on 20th October 201725th October 2017 By Amara Okolo
The rain welcomed us to Ibadan. There is always something soothing about a new place. It is soft, almost palatable, like moist pancakes dressed on a plate for breakfast on Sunday mornings. You taste [...]
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Artist Statement – Let the journey to peace start today so that tomorrow I shall arrive, free and content.

Posted on 14th October 2017 By Amara Okolo
Losing a loved one makes you feel all the emotions you have evaded all your life: Loneliness. Sadness. Anxiety. Pain, sharp like a fresh clean slice. And most of all emotions—you feel resignation; because [...]
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