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Ifechi Japhet NwaorisaAuthor. Advocate. Owerri to England. Support line

Memory box

The memory box

Everything I gave for this site is here, in one place: thirteen short videos from one afternoon in Owerri, every photograph, and the six covers. Nothing is left out. If you came here to remember me, start here.

Every photograph · 171 Every video · 57 If you are reading this

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa in a black double-breasted coat, looking straight into the camera

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Videos

Thirteen videos

Owerri, 29 July 2025. Five seconds each, no sound. Press nothing; they play when they reach you.

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Smilingnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Open armsnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Arms crossednwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Laughingnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Arm raisednwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Looking downnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Wavingnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Hands opennwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Hands togethernwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Open palmsnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Pointingnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — A shrugnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa smiling in front of a house in Owerri, Nigeria — Greetingnwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Photographs

Every photograph

Portraits, a walk, my mother, a bad night, and the artwork made for the books.

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa in a black double-breasted coat, looking straight into the camera — Portrait. The one I want remembered.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Black and white photograph of Ifechi Nwaorisa walking on a paved path in sunglasses, a small leather bag across his chest — Owerri, 2025. Walking, which is how I think.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Nwaorisa and his mother Ngozi Obi, cheek to cheek, smiling on a yellow sofa — With my mother, Ngozi Obi. We wrote Biafra Rising together.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Close portrait of Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa in a black coat — Portrait, close.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Ifechi Nwaorisa in a white vest with tears on his face, three hearts drawn in the corner — A bad night, kept. I promised myself I would not only show the good days.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Cover of Biafra Rising, showing Blessing Ngozi Obi and Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa — The cover of Biafra Rising. Mother and son.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Sepia artwork of a man with his eyes lowered, from Owerri to London — Artwork made for Owerri to London.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

A weathered statue of blindfolded Justice with scales and sword, a shadowy figure in a hat looming behind her — Justice, and what stands behind her. Made while writing Owerri to London.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

A mother kneels to kiss her small son on the forehead, silhouetted against a sunset — Artwork for I Am Son of a Fallen Woman.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Dark, grainy portrait of a man looking down, the artwork of Owerri to London — The darker version of the same artwork.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Charcoal-toned portrait of a man with lowered eyes, a variant of the Owerri to London artwork — A third version of the artwork, the one that became the cover.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

The full archive

Everything on the phone, month by month

171 photographs and 57 videos from December 2024 to April 2025, uncurated, in order.

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 18 December 2024, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 24 December 2024, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 2 January 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 8 January 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 27 January 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 3 February 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 22 February 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 22 February 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 28 February 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 23 March 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 4 April 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

A photograph from Ifechi Nwaorisa's phone, 16 April 2025, Owerri, Nigeria

Every photograph Every video

The books

The six covers

The books are on Amazon. The covers are here so that they are never lost.

Owerri to London – Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa — Owerri to London, cover.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

God Bless Gay People – Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa — God Bless Gay People, cover.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Biafra Rising – Blessing Ngozi Obi, Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa — Biafra Rising, cover, with my mother.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

I Am Son of a Fallen Woman – Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa — I Am Son of a Fallen Woman, cover.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Road to Satanism – Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa — Road to Satanism, cover.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

The Path to God – Jay Nwaorisa — The Path to God, cover, as Jay.nwaorisa-owerri-nigeria

Remember me.

Read what goes with the pictures.

The story in chapters, ten years of journal, six books. The pictures are the faces; the words are the rest.

My story Ten years of journal