“I stand on Ibeno beach, entranced and hypnotized as the solemn waves of the ocean wash my feet and a gust of enchanting breeze embrace my skin” -Notey Akpotive, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. If you work 8-5 like me, then you know that a public holiday, any one at all is welcomed with great…
Like the heap of Olumo rock, my belly swells beneath my shirt, filled and appeased by the favourite meal of the oil city, Threatening to rip three buttons off my chest. Like the cascades of Olumirin Falls, streams of sweat trickle down my animated face. Like the sedating vigor of emu ògùrò, an aura of…