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 →

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 →

Families here get child support from the government. It’s not like that in Nigeria.Continue reading GERMANS COMPLAIN A LOT →

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 →

My favourite thing about being in America is humiliatingly simple — the unlimited availability of electricity and Wi-Fi.Continue reading FAVOURITE THING ABOUT AMERICA →

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 →

I got one of my greatest shocks about this Jápa Syndrome at the United States Embassy in Abuja.Continue reading APPLICATION DENIED! →

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 →

What I miss most about Nigeria is my mom and my brother. I miss their presence. I miss the feeling of just knowing that my eyes can move in the same direction as my mind when I wish to see them.Continue reading THE NIGERIA I MISS →