This evening I enjoyed my second slice of Nollywood, a totally different experience to my first slice of Nollywood, It's Her Day, but, nonetheless a tense and illuminating insight into the events of an attempted coup in 1976. The film does not deal with the high politics and drama but instead focuses on the impact…Read more ’76
Month: November 2016
it’s her day
I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre In this case, the obligations were all fiscal, fuelled by social media, dubious status and egoistic fantasy. The closing scenes, which involved a cavalcade of 'keke' were almost as inspiring as the near final scene at the altar, when *redacted…Read more it’s her day
gone (cat)fishin’
And chase hard and good and with no mistakes and do not overrun them ― Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream The finale to the weekend? Another taxi ride. With my trusty companion and friend, David. This time into a military compound. As ever, our driver switched on the interior lights, and popped the trunk,…Read more gone (cat)fishin’
fixed
We had a kettle; we let it leak: Our not repairing made it worse. We haven't had any tea for a week... The bottom is out of the Universe ― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling Know that feeling? When you drop your iPhone and the pristine shiny screen shatters into a zillion…Read more fixed
the endtime restoration army
This morning I woke up, attended to various emails, nursed a cup of tea and made a simple breakfast of Kellogg's Fruit n' Fibre doused in chilled and sterilised French milk. And, then I went to church. And, yes it has been a long, long time since I did that. Once more, my colleague, friend…Read more the endtime restoration army
wuse market
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. ― Confucius Was Confucius right? I don’t know, but I do know people need to eat, to drink, to live. And to do that they have to trade. And to do that they need to know what sells, and for what…Read more wuse market
#dance
There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him ― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart The end of my second week in Abuja was spent dancing around a camp fire in the bush. Yes, I really did dance. Well, ok, I walked around a camp fire…Read more #dance
sunset (clause)
I know a girl who's like the sea I watch her changing every day for me Oh yeah Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh U2 - No Line On The Horizon Good night, from Abuja. Every night I have the same dream I'm hatching some plot, scheming some scheme Oh yeah Oh oh oh…Read more sunset (clause)
painting by the numbers
If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced ― Vincent Van Gogh These people may or may not have been following Van Gogh's advice with any deliberate purpose, but they surely make his point with eloquence. It's always the little things…Read more painting by the numbers
morning light
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato Last night, in response to the WordPress Weekly Photo Prompt - Magic, I chose to present a shot of a piece of art hanging on the wall of the…Read more morning light
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