Memory, Town
In Nembe, a girl tells me, this town is not safe. You have to have a strong mind to live here. She tells me that boys from the next town attack their town from time [...]
Author: Kechi Nomu
Transitory Notes
A photograph holds a moment as a record of history that will resonate through time, but what does the witness carry after bearing witness? In a market in Bauchi, Nengi asks a man to [...]
The custodians of history and the keepers of nostalgia
The surface of every story has to be peaceful. I know this now. When I introduce myself to the people I meet on the road, I have to redraw the borders of memory and [...]
I move my body like all the other bodies I watch
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 [...]
Does every new shape alter the history of a place?
Thoughts on distance First, stasis. We enter Ibadan at night and Lagos is still very present. What is movement if a body does not feel the facts of its transition? Ibadan does not seem [...]
Artist Statement – “In entering into these spaces, I’ll be thinking about the dissonance between the private and public self”.
Recently, I witnessed again a typical Nigerian moment. A man walked past a shop. He looked, to me, not just content but happy. Inside this shop where I had come to get my hair [...]