Chisom OkwaraEyes in the time of coronavirusUsually, when you meet a stranger, you examine their features cursorily, with tact, careful not to come off as a douchebag or an admirer…Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020
Chisom OkwaraLagosing: Stranger like me. Stranger like you.The day an arm of a street light pole opposite So Fresh Yaba caught fire, I stopped in my gallant, humpty stride, and reached into my…Jan 19, 2020Jan 19, 2020
Chisom OkwaraTeaching my bantu knotted coiffeuse how to braid in Cotonou, Benin Republic“Dieu va te benise.” Those were the exact words of the youngish brown skin girl in tiny bantu knots whose salon I had just departed. We…Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019
Chisom OkwaraCalling on the Abia State Government to #FixAbaRoadsI was born two decades -and-some ago, on a Tuesday morning in July, in the Abia State University Teaching hospital (ABSUTH), Aba, one of…Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019
Chisom OkwaraLagosing: An Aba girl’s take on Yaba.Yaba is a grandmother who is surrounded by her kids and their kids. She is technically woke. She is on Snapchat. She posts pictures on…Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019
Chisom Okwara100 things Lagos is.Scribbles, jottings, and sights from different viewpoints as I commute around and about Lagos, starting off at the Murtala Mohammed…Jul 21, 20191Jul 21, 20191
Chisom OkwaraHow to write about yourselfFor two years, I have written in the first-person. Prior to that, I wrote mostly third person narratives — think stories that end with “oh…Jun 17, 20191Jun 17, 20191