Say What You Mean
Vocabulary and translation, exercises, games — lessons — from Karen Press for you to get your head, mouth, and pen around. Comment below with your answers, successful students to receive two tickets to freedom (courtesy of The Canary’s Songbook). ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE FOR EVERYDAY SITUATIONS REVISE WHAT YOU LEARNED LAST WEEK IN LESSON 7. THEN TRY LESSON 8. […]
Depth of Field
Depth of Field (DOF) collective, a group made up of six Nigerian photographers, whose work, often centred on the street life of Lagos, mingles between conceptual photography and documentary. We join them on the streets. The sun beats down mercilessly, burning the very inside of my frailness. I wander the streets in an abject daze […]
When We Hear the Name of President
Nigerian poet Tanure Ojaide evokes a language of high stakes, hi-jinx, and hybridity, combining code switching with scathing poltical critique to down ‘Mr. Big Belle’. Wetin our eye never see? Dey don see Oba! President na butcher e be for khaki or agbada— cobra-o, viper-o, na snake dem be; murderer na killer no […]
Lagos Underground
In the 1930s, Harry Beck published a map of the London Underground Tube network. Since then, stations have arrived and departed and colours have changed, however, the outline has stayed close to the original design. Three-quarters of a century on from the original design, Jeremy Weate reinterpreted the iconic map for a megacity with a similar […]
Lagos: A Pilgrimage in Notations
Having lived away from Nigeria for most of his adult life – first in London then Los Angeles – poet, novelist, storyteller, Chris Abani returned to his homeland and responded with words. It begins like this. In London, in a Turkish restaurant, peering into the thick sludge in the bottom of my coffee cup, nine […]