🔦🔍👀Find Me in the Picture 👀 Throwback to Class 1A, secondary school days at West African People’s Institute (WAPI), Calabar — when men were boys and life was blissfully simple. That’s us with our Mathematics teacher and class teacher, Mr. Commey (a Ghanaian — hope I got the spelling right). Uniforms neatly pressed, haircuts strictly regulated, and almost everyone rocking Cortina shoes by Bata — not just school shoes, but certified football boots after classes ⚽️. Some wore the school sandals by Lennards, but real ballers chose Cortina. No debates. A quick throwback note: In the 1960s up to the 1980s, Bata was a household name in Nigeria, manufacturing durable, affordable footwear locally and shaping what generations of students wore to school — and to the pitch. Lennards was equally iconic, producing the sturdy brown school sandals that defined official school wear across the country. These brands were proud symbols of Nigeria’s once-thriving local manufacturing era. I’m tempte...