Emeka Okereke

work — complete

Dream Chamber

2018 · Lagos → Kigali

Imposed cartographies as they are lived and reinterpreted daily by ordinary travelling and indigenous Africans.

Dream Chamber. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Dream ChamberEnugu, Nigeria2018© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project. Open any photograph to see it larger and move through all 28.
In and Out. Lagos–Benin Expressway, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
In and OutLagos–Benin Expressway, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Try God. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Try GodEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Filth You See, Stilths I See. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Filth You See, Stilths I SeeEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Are They in Love or Are They, Like Nigeria, in Love-Hate?. Lagos–Benin Expressway, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Are They in Love or Are They, Like Nigeria, in Love-Hate?Lagos–Benin Expressway, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
I Am as Naked as the Open Skies. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
I Am as Naked as the Open SkiesEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Salvation and Its Many Enigma. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Salvation and Its Many EnigmaEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
My Faith Often Takes the Wheels. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
My Faith Often Takes the WheelsEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Opinion Box. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Opinion BoxEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
A Place of Law and Order. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
A Place of Law and OrderEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Ready to Serve, but Who?. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Ready to Serve, but Who?Enugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
There Is Hope Where We Are Going. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
There Is Hope Where We Are GoingEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
I Stand and Walk, Despite All. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
I Stand and Walk, Despite AllEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Next Gen. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Next GenEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
The Stories I Left Behind (Joseph Ngobo). Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroon Border Town), Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
The Stories I Left Behind (Joseph Ngobo)Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroon Border Town), Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
One of Those Nights. Enugu, Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
One of Those NightsEnugu, Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Even Through the Cracks, I Live. Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Even Through the Cracks, I LiveIkom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Forgone. Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
ForgoneIkom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Conclusion. Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
ConclusionIkom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Between Two Lands I Am Dividied. Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Between Two Lands I Am DividiedIkom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Chapel of Adoration. Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Chapel of AdorationIkom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Waters Fall. Agbokim Waterfalls, Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Waters FallAgbokim Waterfalls, Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Touching Wisdom Stone. Open Air Monoliths Museum, Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Touching Wisdom StoneOpen Air Monoliths Museum, Ikom (Nigeria–Cameroun Border Town), Nigeria© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Untitled. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Untitled (L1001965)© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait. Kigali, Rwanda. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Good Things Come to Those Who WaitKigali, Rwanda© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
My Tapestry 1. Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
My Tapestry 1Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Untitled. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Untitled (L1003016)© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.
Nursing a Phantom Limb. Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. From Dream Chamber, 2018.
Nursing a Phantom LimbGoma, Democratic Republic of Congo© Emeka Okereke. Courtesy of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project.

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Where this work has moved — 7 traces

  1. 2018 Invisible Borders Trans-African Project travels through Visit Invisible Borders
  2. 2018 Lagos to Kigali emerges from
  3. 2019 Dream Chamber and Other Stories of Journeys published in
  4. 5 February 2019 Dream Chamber — LFI LFI — Leica Fotografie International published in Read the piece
  5. 17 — 30 June 2019 A Volatile Negotiation Between the Past and Present — africologne africologne, Cologne exhibited at
  6. 30 November 2019 — 31 January 2020 12th Rencontres de Bamako Rencontres de Bamako — African Biennale of Photography exhibited at
  7. Winter 2021 A Volatile Negotiation Between the Past and Present: Invisible Borders Trans-African Project becomes writing Read the essay

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