This Is Us

On Teaching Your Body How to Find Home in a New City

Our bodies know when we’ve arrived somewhere new

Mofiyinfoluwa O.
Human Parts
Published in
3 min readFeb 9, 2021

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A tree-lined street with a rectangular multistory building in the background.
NLS Bwari, Abuja, Nigeria. Photo: Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe

The first thing I felt was the heat.

Suitcase in my right hand, I stepped out of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport only to be met by an angry sun intent on singeing my skin with licks of heat my body was completely…

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