Joy Ike

I don’t believe that Love is a mathematical equation.

So for the most part, I was excited for this trip so I could get away from the day-to-day routine of checking email, playing shows, checking more email, and ignoring phone calls :) So when my uncle lined up an interview on Abuja, Nigeria’s Kiss FM I was excited but very ill prepared. Nevertheless, today [...]

By far, the most enjoyable part of my trip has been The Divine Daughters of Love Convent in Enugu. My Aunt Josephine (they call her Papa Jo…which is pretty funny) is a nun and we spent a day and 1/2 with her meeting her fellow sisters, visiting the nearby hospital run by the nuns, and [...]

Thanksgiving will always be my favorite Holiday. However, I was very sad to realize that it is not celebrated in Nigeria. I guess I had just assumed that it was since my family has always celebrated it in the states. Nevertheless, my family had quite an interesting Thanksgiving. Through a series of random connections, we [...]

Day 7 ::: Have you heard of Osuofia?  He’s a famous Nigeria comedian who is hilarious! I have been watching Nigerian Movies and Soap Operas over the past few days. The big soap here is called Super Story. Terrible title and even worse theme song! I also watched an episode of Nigerian American Idol, which [...]

Day 3 ::: Last night we arrived in Umuahia. It’s a city in Eastern Nigeria and roughly 45 minutes from the village my mother grew up in. We arrived late in the afternoon and much of the town was going dark. Still  there were tons of children playing outside…as well as people walking home from [...]

Day 2 ::: The first thing I saw when I looked out my window on Day 1 was a boy taking a picture of himself with his camera phone. Funny!  That will be a great Facebook photo. I thought this to myself. I’m currently in Nigeria with  my mother. My whole family will be here [...]

Day 0 ::: I was first introduced to the Spice Girls 14 years ago on a flight much like this one.  I was in 8th grade and my family had decided to spend Christmas and New Years in Nigeria. I remember a couple things about that trip. 1) being so excited to miss so many [...]

I have a profession that causes me to think about myself probably more than the average person. I write a song about something in my life and then spend countless hours trying to find ways to make people listen to me, visit my, website, and then give me their money, so that I can figure out [...]

  Like I said, I’ve been meeting some really interesting people through the front window of my apartment. Today, as I worked on a new song on my ukulele, an older man, probably around 65 took a detour on his way to Synagogue.  I think this because he looked Jewish, and because there is a [...]