We are called “temporary” with our names written in pencils, until the temporary becomes the life we know.
SITTING AT THE SAME DESK AFTER 13 YEARS
Hope! It is what is still keeping me in this work, not because I love the work I do.
WE HAVE NINE MOUTHS TO FEED EVERY DAY
Every naira is budgeted down to the last kobo. But I never complain too loudly. They never complain, either.
SOMETIMES, I FEEL LIKE I’VE WASTED MY LIFE HERE
Day after day, I come here doing the same thing over and over again. I sweep and mop. But this place knows me only as a cleaner.
DEM DEY FIND ME FOR VILLAGE
I was a science student, so I would like to continue from where I stopped.
THIS IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS I’VE HAD
I’m not a dancer, but I still gave them steppings.
PLAITING MY HAIR AS A JOURNALIST
People who actually respected me started drawing away from me at some point.
SEX WORK IN ACCRA, NO BE EASY JOB
Some of the young girls I’ve seen around here are 16 years old, 15 years old. Small small girls.
TOURISTS HERE PREFER GHANA TO NIGERIA
I was in Nigeria in 1983 when Nigeria was good.
NIGERIAN TEACHERS ARE LEAVING FOR OMAN
Does the government know whether you exist here in Nigeria?
