'The best things in life make you sweaty' ― Edgar Allan Poe My last trip to Abuja, in January, was a hectic and work filled space with little time to read, write or take photographs. Back in town today, and felt I should seize the moment. This man's purposeful stride seems to set the tone…Read more carpe diem
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ambience
I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I'm back in Abuja, reading another book, Americanah, by one of my newest discoveries, the peerless Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for wordpress weekly photo challenge - ambience
trace afrobeats show
Somewhere in all that travel advice, along with taking malarial pills (every single day) and not walking along unlit streets, lurks that bit about avoiding crowded areas. Only thing is, to really get to know a place, it's hard to follow all that advice, all of the time. So, last night after devouring spicy grilled…Read more trace afrobeats show
keke
The streets of Abuja teem with these green and yellow three-wheeled Keke taxis. Away from the centre of the city, away from the Federal government buildings, and near the various markets that surround the city, swarms of Kekes hurtle along the streets, often crammed with people, paying little regard to the rules of the road.…Read more keke
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
a road less travelled
Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back - Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken A series of shots taken through the window of a car. A series of shots taken through a veil of reality. A series of shots taken through a journey to another place.…Read more a road less travelled
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