![]() ![]() Out of this desolation had risen the grey walls of his new home. They came to a clearing of burned soil with charred stumps still rooted in it. His first sight of the base had been on an evening like this, bumping through miles of bush, leaves pushing through the open window, insects flying up his nostrils and down the dark passages of his ears. It was Chike Ameobi’s twelfth month as an officer in Bayelsa, twelve months on the barren army base. She writes for the Guardian, with a special interest in Nigeria.Įvening swept through the Delta: half an hour of mauve before the sky bruised to black. Chibundu Onuzo's previous novel is The Spider King's Daughter. As they move toward the city, they meet other deserters and runaways who join them in searching for new opportunities. Abandoning the Nigerian army after being ordered to kill innocent civilians, Chike Ameobi travels to Lagos with his junior officer. ![]() The following is from Chibundu Onuzo's novel, Welcome to Lagos. ![]()
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