Conflict Archives - Chronycles

A DAY IN TERROR-RAVAGED KWARA COMMUNITIES

For sure, I knew I was going on a risky voyage. If things went south, I could lose my life or get abducted.

The hardest thing, harder than the cough that wakes me up at night, is how people change when you get an illness.

Today, owning a weapon is not only accepted but also seen as essential for survival.

A centuries-old bond shatters, leaving only the memories of a shared life between Hausa and Yoruba in the Kano old town.

Postcards from Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria.

They fed me and other captives with good food, which was stolen from people’s shops.

Sometimes editors rejected my reports, saying they were “too risky” or “too political.” But I found ways.

My shop was destroyed, my goods were scattered, and all the money I had worked so hard to save was gone.

I remember leaving the akara still frying in the oil. I didn’t carry anything, not even my money.

I would have sold any property I owned, but Boko Haram destroyed the house I inherited from my father in our village.