Oh thou tree Like a labourer in the fields You bloom and you rest You shine and you soften You absorb, grow, sleep and wake The seasons come and go They change your looks but you stay rooted Old leaves fall as new ones rise You renew yourself With each passing year Oh, thou wonderful …
On Life, Memory, and the Symbolism of Beds
After almost seven years since we first mooted the idea, Helen Gebregiorgis and I finally took the first step in what may become a long series of exhibitions focused on the symbolism of beds. The roving exhibition was launched in January in Lagos and followed by a second in February in Abuja. We now hope …
Update on the Toilet Access Project (TAP) to Expand Safe and Dignified Sanitation in Nigeria
In September 2025, I announced the Toilet Access Project (TAP) on my LinkedIn page. The goal of the project is twofold: to raise awareness about the urgent need to improve toilets and wider water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities across Nigeria’s public spaces, and to inspire stakeholders to take meaningful action to address an issue …
The Power of Youth-Led Protests in Highly Divided Societies
I have been thinking about the relationship between polarisation and youth-led protests for the better part of this year. This note is an initial foray into the topic as a way to build a much broader body of thinking on the links between the two, often competing, themes. Africa has had its fair share of …
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On Space, Place and Time
‘There is time for everything. A season for everything under the sun…’ For the past decade, I have been thinking of doing some creative work around the theme of space. Mostly looking at how space is appropriated and with a particular focus on religious space. Later on, six years later, I included the additional dimensions …
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