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The water custom makes its way from fiction into real life… … Continue Reading >Notes on a Travelogue; a Watering Hole in Parakou.

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Day 11, Burning Down Justice (#31DaysOfDecember)

11/12/202024/12/2020 Nwokolo Chuma

The Igbosere High Court in Lagos was my ‘home parish’ in the 80s when I started private practice. I recall … Continue ReadingDay 11, Burning Down Justice (#31DaysOfDecember)

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An Obituary for Footwear

11/01/2016 Nwokolo Chuma

around him were stacked books in an African language more ancient than English … Continue Reading >An Obituary for Footwear

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The Man of God and the Mango Tree

21/12/2015 Nwokolo Chuma

I am trying to save the life of a mango tree, not very successfully. My carpenter cannot come today, maybe tomorrow, … Continue ReadingThe Man of God and the Mango Tree

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The Nairobi Dispatches (2) (The Love Stories of Ladan Osman)

27/09/2014 Nwokolo Chuma

On Saturday, 20th September, I was catching my breath in Storymoja’s Artists’ Lounge in Nairobi’s National Museum when Beverley … Continue ReadingThe Nairobi Dispatches (2) (The Love Stories of Ladan Osman)

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Revisiting Hargeisa (7)

09/09/201413/03/2021 Nwokolo Chuma

Even his own mother didn’t recognise him… … Continue Reading >Revisiting Hargeisa (7)

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Revisiting Hargeisa (6)

06/09/2014 Nwokolo Chuma

a subversive cartoon is no way to repay a generous host… Stick with a formal photograph, don’t put thoughts into Mr. President’s head… … Continue Reading >Revisiting Hargeisa (6)

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Revisiting Hargeisa (5)

06/09/2014 Nwokolo Chuma

‘I see it now,’ said Jack Mapanje, to Msiska Mpalive… … Continue Reading >Revisiting Hargeisa (5)

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Revisiting Hargeisa (4)

05/09/2014 Nwokolo Chuma

The Road Not Taken: fluent nations invigorated by an acquisition of an international language without the loss of their indigenous. … Continue Reading >Revisiting Hargeisa (4)

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Revisiting Hargeisa (3)

03/09/2014 Nwokolo Chuma

‘God created woman from a crooked rib and anyone who trieth to straighten it, breaketh it’ . … Continue Reading >Revisiting Hargeisa (3)

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