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Nature's gift

My fav subject - Sun
Travelling through  Nature's gift from any part leaves you with a sense that it is truly God's gift. from the easy people to the assortment of geographical features and agricultural produces. You will agree it is a sight for sore eyes.
Felt cute taking this, it grows everywhere
On this trip, I focused on how people are living in the midst of the beauty they are surrounded by. The fact it was harmattan season tells a different story.
Local makeshift kitchen, couldn't take people because there was no consent
My favourite word right now is angwai and it really paints a picture of a community more like on the hamlet level where everyone's folks know their children's uncle's second wife's boyfriend (you get the gist).

Car Dealer's shed, but spot the cute skyline
Like the Taraba people, we work with the environment so we have to make the most and build communities based on what we feel is important to us. 

Always reminds me of Sound of music

Milling plant one of the many scattered around town
As a church girl, when I get to meet you for the first time, I play the guessing game to try and figure out what your community is, what values do they hold dear, what things do you hold dear, it is completely ridiculous to feel you are immune to the values of your community. They are ingrained. When the bible says you are of God little children, he was not offering you a proposition, he is telling you the essence of your being. Jump off a cliff, tie a rock to your chest and visit a volcano, you are of God. Never forget that.
Commercial water hawkers called "Mai Ruwa"


1 John 4:4 The Message (MSG)

4 My dear children, you come from God and belong to God. You have already won a big victory over those false teachers, for the Spirit in you is far stronger than anything in the world.
Keke Shed beside the herders' settlement
Move into your life never forgetting God is your angwai, your hamlet, your hood.


Food Market!!!!

Have a great day y'all 💖😍😎

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