Ẹ káàbọ̀ / Yorùbá, you are welcome
Nigeria / where my name and family come from
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Where my family is from.
JapanCities
- Lagos The noise, the hustle, the music leaking out of everything, all the time.
- Ibadan Red earth and rust rooftops to the horizon; deep Yorùbá country.
- Abeokuta 'Under the rock', the Ẹgbá homeland the family name grew up near.
The table
- Jollof rice Ours, thank you. The Frames wing frames a plate of it and means it.
- Pounded yam & egusi The stretch and the melon-seed stew; a Sunday that fills the whole house.
- Suya The late-night, pepper-and-smoke skewer off a roadside grill.
- Àmàlà with ewédú and gbẹ̀gìrì The Yorùbá table, properly set, dark, green, and gold in the bowl.
Saved pins
- Nike Art Gallery, Lagos Four floors of Nigerian art run by a legend; ask and she'll tell you the stories.
- The New Afrika Shrine Fela's house of Afrobeat, still loud, especially come Felabration.
My note
Odetoro is a Yorùbá name. Nigeria belongs in this museum because it is where my family comes from and where that name makes sense without explanation.
The chime is an agogô, a double bell used across West African music. The door takes its pattern from carved Yorùbá doors. The notes below come from family, food and places I want to keep learning about.