Categoriesdiary Essay humour Memoir Performance/Events Public Commentary Review society By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on Revisiting Hargeisa (2) Revisiting Hargeisa (2) Posted on02/09/2014 By Nwokolo Chuma Mohammed would probably have saved himself some camels if Nigerian technology had been incorporated into the Somali bridal process… … Continue Reading >Revisiting Hargeisa (2)
Categoriesdiary Essay humour Memoir Review society travelogue By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on Revisiting Hargeisa (1) Revisiting Hargeisa (1) Posted on02/09/2014 By Nwokolo Chuma And so it was that in August I paid my second visit to Hargeisa, Somaliland, in time to attend … Continue ReadingRevisiting Hargeisa (1)
Categoriescuriouser n curiouser diary Essay Food humour inspirational Memoir travelogue Uncategorized By Nwokolo Chuma2 Comments on A Traveller's Notebook; That Fortnight in Hargeysa A Traveller's Notebook; That Fortnight in Hargeysa Posted on19/10/2013 By Nwokolo Chuma All this is getting boring, actually: nice Ethiopians, nice Somalis, nice Kenyans… My instincts tell me that the population of the Horn have to be more complicated than this. … Continue Reading >A Traveller's Notebook; That Fortnight in Hargeysa
Categoriescuriouser n curiouser diary fiction humour Literature Memoir travelogue Uncategorized By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on A Day in the Life (319 of 365) Writing at Funerals; An Apologia A Day in the Life (319 of 365) Writing at Funerals; An Apologia Posted on15/09/2013 By Nwokolo Chuma Sometimes I wish I could switch off my brain in church, the way I switch off my mobile phone. … Continue Reading >A Day in the Life (319 of 365) Writing at Funerals; An Apologia
Categoriesdiary Essay Memoir Uncategorized By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on A Day in the Life (5 of 365 – Chukwu ma) A Day in the Life (5 of 365 – Chukwu ma) Posted on03/11/2012 By Nwokolo Chuma Exploding bombs have a way of intruding onto anyone’s agenda … Continue Reading >A Day in the Life (5 of 365 – Chukwu ma)
Categoriesdiary Essay humour inspirational Literature Memoir travelogue By Nwokolo Chuma11 Comments on A Day in the Life (4 of 365 – Emotional Geography) A Day in the Life (4 of 365 – Emotional Geography) Posted on02/11/2012 By Nwokolo Chuma Once, a perfect stranger greeted me confidently in a strange language and I smiled, I am not Tiv, I said, I am just wearing our national dress. … Continue Reading >A Day in the Life (4 of 365 – Emotional Geography)
Categoriesdiary Environment inspirational Literature Memoir travelogue Uncategorized By Nwokolo Chuma1 Comment on A Day in the Life (2 of 365 – The Metaphor of the Flying Bonnet) A Day in the Life (2 of 365 – The Metaphor of the Flying Bonnet) Posted on31/10/2012 By Nwokolo Chuma Wisdom wears disguise for fear of mobs, is not too precise: did he prophesy the man’s death… or did he kill the man? … Continue Reading >A Day in the Life (2 of 365 – The Metaphor of the Flying Bonnet)
Categoriesdiary Essay Memoir By Nwokolo Chuma2 Comments on A Day in the Life (1 of 365) A Day in the Life (1 of 365) Posted on30/10/2012 By Nwokolo Chuma as a full grown tree, wisdom can be unmistakeable, but as seed and sapling it can look a … Continue ReadingA Day in the Life (1 of 365)
