“Hey handsome, nice to meet you. Are you open to friends with benefits?”Continue reading WE DON’T HAVE CONVERSATIONS ANYMORE, WE JUST WANT TO FUCK
A GOOD WORLD
I joined my partner in Toronto at the beginning of winter, when there weren’t a lot of activities for someone coming from a warm climate.Continue reading A GOOD WORLD
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
When I first got to the UK in 2021, I landed in Chelmsford. I moved to London a year later, after I got my degree.Continue reading NO PLACE LIKE HOME
RETHINKING MY FUTURE IN NIGERIA
The first time I considered Japa was in 2018, when I graduated. I was the second person in the history of the Department of History to finish with a first class.Continue reading RETHINKING MY FUTURE IN NIGERIA
GERMANS COMPLAIN A LOT
Families here get child support from the government. It’s not like that in Nigeria.Continue reading GERMANS COMPLAIN A LOT
GETTING USED TO REJECTIONS
Before coming here in 2021, I heard many stories that all Germans are racist and not friendly to foreigners. I prepared my mind for the worst.Continue reading GETTING USED TO REJECTIONS
FAVOURITE THING ABOUT AMERICA
My favourite thing about being in America is humiliatingly simple — the unlimited availability of electricity and Wi-Fi.Continue reading FAVOURITE THING ABOUT AMERICA
IN LAGOS, I HAD MY MOTHER
I was telling a friend the other day that I’m a sum total of all the different lives I’ve lived, all the values and belief systems that raised me.Continue reading IN LAGOS, I HAD MY MOTHER
APPLICATION DENIED!
I got one of my greatest shocks about this Jápa Syndrome at the United States Embassy in Abuja.Continue reading APPLICATION DENIED!
THE BURDEN OF LIVING EXPENSES
Most people within my age bracket who japa from Nigeria tend to do so through the graduate school route and rely on scholarships and other forms of funding.Continue reading THE BURDEN OF LIVING EXPENSES