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Memory, Town

Posted on 16th November 201718th November 2017 By Kechi Nomu
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 [...]
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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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Transitory Notes

Posted on 14th November 201715th November 2017 By Kechi Nomu
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 [...]
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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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A Man To Remember

Posted on 13th November 201713th November 2017 By Yinka Elujoba
A. One morning, while taking a walk in Afikpo, I tried to emulate a man whose strides fascinated me. He slanted his neck at an improbable angle and raised his shoulders perpetually. He walked, [...]
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A Shop in Yelwan Tudu Market

Posted on 11th November 201711th November 2017 By Nengi Nelson
 Nengi Walking through the Yelwan Tudu Bauchi market with Kechi reminded me of home, back in Lagos, when my caterer sister and I walked through  Balogun market half-frantically searching for last minute spices to [...]
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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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The custodians of history and the keepers of nostalgia

Posted on 4th November 20175th November 2017 By Kechi Nomu
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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