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
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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
new horizon
If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore I took this chance shot whilst visiting the Dutse Alhaji market. The photo is my response to this week's WordPress weekly photo challenge, this week's theme New Horizon, challenged us to show something that we wanted…Read more new horizon
relax
Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort. ― Jane Austen Today, I did very little. There was a power cut. That meant it was hot, and gradually, as the day wore on, all my devices were drained of power. So, I continued to read a book, Half of a Yellow Sun,…Read more relax
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)
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