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A PHOTO ALBUM OF PAIKO, NIGER STATE

It’s been 6 days since I left the Nigerian Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp, Paiko, Niger State. I know I will be thinking about that place for the rest of the year. It felt like a revelation. I’m still counting what I found there.

4 days in, someone asked me to send a photo of myself. I told her I didn’t have any. I only had photos of the grass. It was as if nature kept saying to me “I am plenty”. New insects, new trees, new grass, new leaves and the always returning newt.

I sent one of those grassy pictures to Amaka and and she suggested I create an album. It was a brilliant idea.

Here’s a photo album of my time there.

Morning Meditation
O’ Soldier
Stand Easy
Mammy and the Mountain
A Tree so Good
One Side of the Rocks
Government Body
Settle Down
Newt 2024
Still Standing by the Rocks
Ridges?
Jeje She Dey Go
Looking At the Kitchen I
Looking At The Kitchen II
Nigeria We Serve
Look Outside
So It Is Above
Can You Climb In?
Order
Let’s Forget Tomorrow I
Let’s Forget Tomorrow II
My Spot
Waiting for Participation

I cant ignore the fact that I’ve not been on here for 18 months and that it’s a different URL and a different look. It is a new dispensation for me. My practice is expanding, so is my life. I had to go and discover what that would require from me. I’ll still be sharing. It’s just going to be different in depth and breadth. Thank you for sticking around. I don’t take it for granted.

Till next time. 🤍

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Hello! I'm Oluwakemi Agbato, a writer and designer. All of my work lives here and some of my thoughts too.

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