Dead Cow Spreads Fear and Rumour in Lagos Suburb
Jide Adebayo Begun reports from Lagos. On 9 May the residents of Alafia Street in Mushin, one of the most notorious ghettos of this sprawling metropolis, woke up to the sight of a dead cow in the middle of a popular T-junction that symbolises the meeting of three roads. The cow, its red gut paling in the merciless sun, blocked […]
I Smoked A Spliff With Jesus Christ
I smoked a spliff with Jesus Christ last night. Then leaned over and stuck my eyes inside his soul. The father let me take a journey through his pain, and beside the tears of Judas I saw my own. “J” said: He and man built a nation in my mind. Where God and Gods ruled […]
The Road To Wellville
The Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences occupies some seventy acres of farmland on the outskirts of Bangalore. Innocent eyes might see the luxuriant foliage, the palm-fringed lake, and the swimming pool and conclude that the institute is a resort. As it happens, it’s a hospital, albeit a curious one, where the rooms range from […]
Relaxing
Okello Sam, a dance and theatre artist (amongst other things), examines the conceptual difference between work and relaxation as differently applied in the so-called First and Third Worlds. For more on Okello Sam, visit Hope North.
When history is suspended
(In memory of Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave) by Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa I collected this testimony during a recent road trip to South Africa. Seated at my side was a gentleman in his thirties, with a penetrating gaze, slow movements and a slurred and tired speech, but with a smile upon his lips, hinting at a […]