Blessing Chidera Nnadozie

I'm a writer based in Lagos, deeply interested in the human experience. I explore people, place, culture, and the quiet details of everyday life that often go unnoticed.

2 essays published

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Published Essays

The Last Canoe Carver on Ikorodu Road

There is a man on the edge of Ikorodu who still speaks to wood. His name is Baba Rasheed, and most mornings you will find him beneath a rusted zinc roof, not far from the lagoon's edge, bent over a ho…

BBlessing Chidera NnadozieAugust 5, 20264 min readculture craft lagos

When Pidgin Became Poetry

There is a sentence my uncle used to say whenever something surprised him. Not in English, not in Igbo, but in Pidgin, fast and sharp and perfectly timed. I could never translate it exactly. That was…

BBlessing Chidera NnadozieAugust 5, 20263 min readlanguage pidgin nigeria