How I Ended up in a Police Station in Nigeria while Seeking My Old House

Part I: Searching for Home Across Continents

One of the offending photos I was pulled over for. Man at left accompanied me to the police station. All photos by the author.

“Don’t get out of the car,” my Nigerian driver instructs as he winds up his window. Joseph is going to talk to the policewoman who has pulled us over because she spotted me taking photos along a Lagos road. With a tinny thud of the Corolla’s door, he’s gone, and I’m left in loud silence.