Childhood Photos
Key stages of my growing up, from when I was born in the ancient city of Kaduna in northern Nigeria, to my pre-teen years in Enugu, eastern Nigeria.
Kaduna, northern Nigeria, 1961.  I was born in this ancient city on November.  In both pictures I am wearing a dress because my mother hoped that I would be a girl and prepared for the arrival of a daughter.  The young woman in the picture to the right is my mother.
Enugu, then East Central State, 1971.  I was in Elementary Five.
England, 1962/63.  I am coming from the rear, in red.  My immediate older brother, Charles and our mother are walking ahead.  My father was on an army officers course at the time.
Enugu, 1972, just before I became a secondary school student.
Left, April 24 1972, in Enugu, Nigeria.  My younger sister, Philippa, was celebrating her second birthday.  From left to right are: me; Valentine, my oldest brother; the celebrant, Philippa; and Charles, my direct older brother.
My brother, Charles (to the left) and I in the Aran Islands, Ireland, during the summer of 1970.  The Nigerian-Biafran War had ended in January of that year and Ireland provided refuge for Biafran children and their families.
Enugu, 1971.  I am carrying my younger sister, Philippa, who was only one at the time.  Face at right is that of my brother, Francis, who was six.
Enugu, 1972.  Left to right, Francis, Philippa, and I.
Left to right, Francis and I, Enugu, 1972.
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In memory of my father,
Philip Efiong I, 
who died on 6 November 2003
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