Christiana

My dad had a lot of wives, at the time when he was buried. When we had the funeral there. The second funeral because he died during the war. When we had the second funeral. The count was 22 wives. Yeah. I don't know. This is the first time I've said it to people. I don't like saying it. I say to people, don't ask me about that. Because in the Western world, they frown at it. But is the norm at that time, you know, so.

Christiana's late father, Chief Ogbonna Uruakpa Nkwoha, taken in the 1950s.

Yeah, it could be cassava, can be the vegetables, and we'll take it, you know, we carry it on our head and go to the market and sell it. 
You know, that was my childhood. 
So, I was doing that until I got to secondary school age. 

Christiana, aged 6, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria

If you're brought up in a big family, like that, you have been built to... have to learn how to survive, you know. 
You have to, you need to work hard. And also, I took it to heart.

Christiana's Mother, Omanma Ogbonna, in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, 1965

Nigeria is very good. If you have the money, you will enjoy life over there if you have the money. But if you don't have the money, it will be a very difficult place for you or for anyone to live in, which it is at the moment, because the economy is not well-managed. Is a very resourced country is very wealthy, but the money is not managed, and the resources are not being tapped properly.

Traditional wedding of Christiana's niece in Nigeria. Christiana, her niece, Chidi and Chioma, 2017

You know, in Nigeria, they still have uprising right now, because of the disparity in different regions of Nigeria. Some area enjoy more than the other area. So is it racism? Because it's not in terms of colour, you won't call it racism. Then you give it a lower name, which is the name coined by the white man. It's called discrimination. If discrimination rises to a higher level, it becomes racism.