It is an assailant lunging unexpectedly from the back, attacking swiftly like a cyclone or some domestic creature driven to sudden madness as it takes hold of its host. It is a bitter caller, a strangler which must not be succumbed to; a visitor that refuses to be unaccompanied. It seizes without reason and acts on a whim.

Photography by Ian N'Kosi Joseph. Words by Kwesi Ako Dash. © 2009