Inspiring Travel Writing from Pelu Awofeso: Page 2 of 2
Articles by Pelu Awofeso: Page 2 of 2
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Abuja Carnival
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
The first Abuja Carnival’s opening ceremony had just ended, and I was reliving the dazzling displays in my mind in the upscale Wuse 2 area when, on halting at a pay phone centre, I heard a group of young residents discussing the same event...
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Holy Throne
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
He has led us through the back entrance into the earliest residence (built 1854) of any crowned king in this part of the country, after a bit of persuasion from me. Outsiders, he tells us, hardly ever get this far inside the building, a white...
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Height of Devotion
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
“People come all the way up here to pray and they must be barefooted.” Behind me an Imam seated on a bench and wearing a spotless white overall and cap to match admonished his group under an almond tree. “Now stretch forth your...
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The Eyo Festival
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
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Lagos Region
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Lagos
You may have journied to the former Nigerian capital of Lagos a hundred times over, but can’t have seen the Adamu Orisha play or Eyo Festival (pronounced err-your) - the soul of the city’s traditional life - that many times. The truth is no one...
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Palace Life
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
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Lagos Region
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Lagos
The most traditional Nigerian palaces fill one with such awe and inspiration you wish you sat on the throne. And there are so very many of them spread out across even the remotest locale—in first-class, second-class and third class cadres—each with...
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The Badagry Route
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
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Lagos Region
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Lagos
Anyone can understand why callers to the slave ports at Elmina (Ghana), Goree (Senegal) and Ouidah (Benin) weep and wail after they have walked round the remains of the transatlantic slave trade in those regions. To even see images on the screen is...
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Essential Nigerian Down-Time: A Walk in the Park
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
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Lagos Region
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Lagos
Where in Nigeria do taxi drivers snooze at two in the afternoon? That will be Abuja. And where do motorists wanting to avoid the evening rush-hour traffic head to? That will be the city’s recreation parks and gardens. The truth is this: Abuja has a...
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City of Justice: Playing Fair in Akure
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
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Lagos Region
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Lagos
In Akure people still prefer to settle their differences the old-established way - at the palace courts. And so it is not unusual to see senior members of the city sitting to hear out and resolve all shades of complaints brought to them by the...
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The Beach Boys of Yenagoa
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
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Lagos Region
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Lagos
Sand sells in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. “It is the second most important business here after consumables,” says Chancellor, one of the young men who earn their living at the Down Yenagoa Waterside area on Jetty Road. The Down Yenagoa Waterside...
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Breakfast in Kaduna: the Heart of Nigeria
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Pelu Awofeso
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Nigeria
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Osun
Abdullahi makes real great Shayi in southern Kaduna. His shed is as pedestrian as nearly all such ‘eateries’ come, but Abdullahi makes every effort to keep his little corner of Maiduguri Street tidy. And what’s more, the six-footer goes about his...
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