Victor Ehikhamenor
Victor Ehikhamenor. OJIMA ABALAKA

‘Writing is a Piece of Work.’ Victor Ehikhamenor’s First Draft

Reading started late for artist, photographer and writer, Victor Ehikhamenor, whose writings ‘are based on what I call “memory triggers”.’ But ‘when it started, it was torrential.’ Our questions are italicized.  What books or kinds of books did you read growing up? Growing up in the village and attending a village primary school with local teachers, reading—what one could consider ‘reading’, besides the school-recommended ‘Reader’—started a bit late for me, at t
 

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