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Coral beads

cry waterside

Posted on01/03/202101/03/2021AuthorNwokolo Chuma4 Comments

Like a house of mourning, a condolence register had been set up outside Peace Cottage, Waterside. The old man ignored it as he made his unsteady way through the silent don’t stop now… read on!

Categoriesblogs, fiction, Flash, Literature, societyTagsmicro fiction, Tales from Waterside, Waterside

No-Cow-Zone

Day 14, No-Cow-Zones (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on14/12/202025/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

My #Day14 photograph in the series #31DaysOfDecember will barely turn any head outside Nigeria. Yet, within the country, it is difficult to understand the degree of national trauma represented by don’t stop now… read on!

CategoriesEnvironment, photography, Public Commentary, societyTagsherdsmen, no cow zones

Truck Philosophy: Stealing in the Name of the Lord

Day 13, ‘Stelling’ in the Name of the Lord (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on13/12/202025/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

I am really hoping that ‘Stelling’ may mean something other than ‘stealing’ in one of Nigeria’s 300 odd languages, but what are the chances? After all, it is not that don’t stop now… read on!

CategoriesblogsTagsStealing in the name of the lord

white alpha and omega

Day 12, The Colour of God (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on12/12/202024/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

The sprawling town of Mpraeso is just south of Ghana’s Volta Lake and is home to a traditional pottery industry. I spent a few days there, enjoyed many scenic walks don’t stop now… read on!

CategoriesblogsTagsMpraeso, White Alpha and Omega

Igbosere high court

Day 11, Burning Down Justice (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on11/12/202024/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

The Igbosere High Court in Lagos was my ‘home parish’ in the 80s when I started private practice. I recall court visits here as teenager on a vac job with don’t stop now… read on!

Categoriesblogs, Creative Non-Fiction, Memoir, Public Commentary, societyTagsENDSARS, Igbosere High court, Stephen Derwent Partington

Commuters hanging on to Truck

Day 10, The Constant Value of Life (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on10/12/202023/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

In the ’80s, the Peugeot 504 was probably more common on the Nigerian street than the Toyota. I took this photo of young men hanging on to a speeding truck don’t stop now… read on!

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Day 9, The Bicycle Repairer (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on09/12/202021/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

My #Day9 photograph is your regular reminder that there are many Nigerias. In one of them, the bicycle repairer of the 19th century iron horse is still a valid career don’t stop now… read on!

CategoriesblogsTagsbicycle, career options, invisible NIgerias

The herd at Geregu

Day 8, The Loyalty of Cows (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on08/12/202009/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

My #Day8 photograph is one of the most ubiquitous sights on the Nigerian road: the migrating cow. This picture was taken at Geregu, but from Bornu to Calabar, from Sokoto don’t stop now… read on!

CategoriesblogsTagsCows, democracy

Tooro House

Day 7, The Architecture of Loss (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on07/12/202008/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

The Kampala Museum has an interesting feature: a grassed field populated with buildings from across the country, all constructed in the traditional design of the various ethnic nations in Uganda. don’t stop now… read on!

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A good master deserves prayers

Day 6, The Oga’s Prayers (#31DaysOfDecember)

Posted on06/12/202007/12/2020AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

This is my sixth day of sharing pictures from the street . Today’s post is vintage #TruckPhilosophy: a bus driving around with the bumper legend “A good master deserves prayers”. don’t stop now… read on!

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