Chuma Nwokolo, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/chuma/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:33:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Chuma Nwokolo, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/chuma/ 32 32 67616479 On the Road to Bamenda with my Dead Grandfather https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/road-bamenda-dead-grandfather/ https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/road-bamenda-dead-grandfather/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:12:23 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=26967 As a nurse in the colonial civil service, my maternal grandfather, Ndumma, travelled all over Nigeria and Southern Cameroons. Recently, we retraced Grandpa's journey from Ahaba to Bamenda in time for his granddaughter’s wedding. I have no idea how the old man came to go along. He probably overheard us planning the trip, for his grave is not a dozen feet from the family house.

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