Travel Notes
X. You sit, silent. Look out the window, watch the sparse trees and thick brown grasses run in the opposite direction. You point at sights to the person sitting beside you. You do not [...]
Tag: Nigeria
Trust The Process II
The road has been a gift that keeps on giving even though most times it’s a repetition of what has happened before. Enter a new place, get familiar, meet people, seek permission, lift a [...]
Zaria City: 2017
Whenever i hear the word “city”, especially in the 2010’s, i immediately imagine a metropolis, even though the dynamic changes when this city is situated in Nigeria. I visited Zaria city for the first [...]
On movement
Newton’s First Law of motion says a body remains at rest or constantly in motion unless an external force act upon … No, this is not Physics, this is just a series of questions [...]
Trust The Process
“Without art, the Earth is just eh.” Everyone loves beautiful things. But very few people love the process of creating them. It’s too much work. We want to enjoy the end [...]
An Inventory of Thoughts
Kano. After 7 hours of journey, we got here. At this stage in the journey, it feels like time is slipping through the crevices of the palms. Nostalgia is already lurking around – once in [...]
Who Will You Meet Along the Way?
Finding scars has not been easy. On this trip, I have seen scars from car accidents, hot water, kerosene explosions and surgeries. There have been a lot of heavy no’s and dismissals hiccuped between [...]
Exploring the Process of Re-learning Bodies
It’s going to be a long process. I have been exploring physical awareness and the process of recognising a new body as your own.Through my photography, I hope to address a few thoughts. What [...]
Thought Shots (1): Benin to Warri
Those framed by our privilege will one day revolt and breakdown the walls erected around them by our excesses. 2. Conviction: the confine within which one is comfortable and contented with ignorance? [...]
On collected Stories in the Private Archive Project
In Benin, I met and conversed with two men. Both had one thing in common: they have experienced the Nigerian Civil war of 1967 to 1970. The first was a war veteran, [...]