Nigeria has more phones than people. They both connect and signify difference. Recently, politicians have posted their phone numbers online in populist demonstrations of 24-hour easy-access accountability. But in the context of social inequality and government secrecy, such moves also arouse suspicion: who has access to the Governor’s ‘real’ number?
This photograph is of a mobile phone repair shop in the old centre of Ibadan, taken in 2015.
The photo was part of the LSE Research Festival 2016.
The photo was part of the LSE Research Festival 2016.