KHÔRA

  When is a guest due their goodbye? It often feels appropriate to ask. Generosity can dull our sense of discomfort when a visit lingers too long, and in opening our doors, we invite not only company but also the subtle risk that kindness may overextend itself. There comes a moment when hospitality begins to feel less gracious and more burdensome — and with it, a faint but growing anxiety.             It is only fair, then, to ask with sincerity: what are the true limits of hospitality? Across the nation, the rising tensions between herders and farmers have begun to erode the recognition of the householder’s rights. Those once welcomed in goodwill have turned hostile, abusing the very generosity extended to them. Nigeria, in general—and some states in particular—has become a theatre for a grim ritual: a cult of death. People who treat murder casually, even as a joke, now roam our streets armed and shielded by impunity. Communit...