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.

Ifechi Japhet Nwaorisa in a black double-breasted coat, looking straight into the cameranwaorisa-owerri-nigeria
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 photographEvery video

The books

The six covers

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

Bookshop
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

Every picture and clip on this page may be kept, shared and used to remember me, with the line written under it. Please do not cut them into anything that mocks.

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.