THE WORKAROUND NATION

INSIDE NIGERIA, Two Worlds

Eventually the workaround stopped being temporary. He’s been cutting hair on the same street in Yaba for eleven years. For most of those years, his day started the same way. Fire up the generator. Wait for the fuel smell to clear. Check how much diesel was left...

The Bills

Two Worlds

Adams has been checking this app for nineteen years. Not like this. Before, he checked because he already knew the answer. The income had come in. The bills had gone out. The number at the bottom was what it was supposed to be. He checked because he was organised....