"I have mentally rehearsed a reaction for a possible encounter with such corruption at the airport in Lagos. But to wa…"

"Hey, hey young guy, why trouble yourself? They'll take your money anyway, and they'll punish you by delaying your pas…"

"I have taken into myself some of the assumptions of life in a Western democracy—certain ideas about legality, for ins…"

"Help us fight corruption. If any employee of the consulate asks for a bribe or tip, please, have a discreet word with…"

"Policemen routinely stop drivers of commercial vehicles at this spot to demand bribe"

"thousands of cars over the course of a day would pay toll at the informal rate, lining the pockets of the collectors …"

"the hardest thing to deal with, after weeks of constant power cuts, is the noise of the generators"

"the moment there is a power cut"

"Precisely because everyone takes a shortcut, nothing works and, for this reason, the only way to get anything done is…"

"I suddenly feel a vague pity for all those writers who have to ply their trade from sleepy American suburbs, writing …"