Posts Tagged ‘patrick ebi amanama’

The Amanama Photojournal: Dance Drama

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

“Dance Drama”

photos from Patrick Amanama

How do you want to spend your eternity? In Life, heaven is real and hell is real.

This dance drama by kids of Standard Foundation Nursery/Primary School (Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria) started with the deaths of two young men. After death comes Jugdement [the bible]. The stories of their lives while on earth was played out for them. The good man goes to HEAVEN while the bad man goes to HELL. What a feeling to be in the bossom of our lord almighty! Our kids learn to DO by DOING. Let’s make our ways straight. …..Patrick Ebi Amanama


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Child Labor in Nigeria by Patrick Amanama

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

“Child Labor in Nigeria”

photos from Patrick Amanama

Child labour keeps children out of school. The effects of child labour in any society are poor performance and dropping out of school and exposure to theft, armed robbery, rape and drug abuse. (more…)

Photoblogger Patrick Amanama: Love in Lagos

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

“Love in Lagos”

Photographs and Text by Patrick Amanama

NEW PICTURES…..

Lagos means different thing to different people, to some, its a place to make money, a place where we spend most of our creative time in traffic, a place where even the unemployed or homeless are guaranteed a place to lay their head or a three-square meal as long as they put pride aside and beg and to a whole lot of people, Lagos is a place to love…

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African Photoblogger: Photographs from Patrick Amanama of Nigeria Today

Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Note: If you are viewing this through Facebook, you will have to select the "View original post" link to see Patrick Amanama's photographs. 

Dear Readers, as a Nigerian living abroad, I often wonder what other people imagine when they see us through the lens of western cameras. Although we may not have the same technologies available to other more financially stable countries, we have our own means of discussing and displaying ourselves. To the end that a Nigerian eye should show Nigeria, I asked photographer, Patrick Amanama to send me some photographs of what he sees in his Nigeria. The results are not only some very nice photographs (more…)

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