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Sixteen Rooms, One Compound
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This is the story of the three months I spent in one, in 2008, the year I finished school and came from the village to Lagos with a faded bag and a head full of dreams. Everything is as true as i can remember a Nigetian compound house.
In Nigeria, a compound house (also called a yard) is one large building divided into many rooms, each rented by a different family. The residents share the tap, the toilets, the bathrooms and the open space in front of the rooms.
The gate and the caretaker's corner at the front, where Mallam Bala repairs shoes outside.
Sixteen rooms in two long rows, numbered one to sixteen, each with a row of plastic buckets by the door.
The tap at the far end, where tenants queue for water.
The toilets and bathrooms beyond the last row, shared by everyone.
The backyard, a narrow passage behind the rooms, full of old buckets, zinc and planks.
Room six, the last on the first row, where Brother Ugo and Aunty Maria live.
In Nigeria, a compound house (also called a yard) is one large building divided into many rooms, each rented by a different family. The residents share the tap, the toilets, the bathrooms and the open space in front of the rooms.
The gate and the caretaker's corner at the front, where Mallam Bala repairs shoes outside.
Sixteen rooms in two long rows, numbered one to sixteen, each with a row of plastic buckets by the door.
The tap at the far end, where tenants queue for water.
The toilets and bathrooms beyond the last row, shared by everyone.
The backyard, a narrow passage behind the rooms, full of old buckets, zinc and planks.
Room six, the last on the first row, where Brother Ugo and Aunty Maria live.
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