èdè Yorùbá, my roots

October 13th, 2009 § 6

I once thought of wearing a sign around my neck that says, “I’m Nigerian”. Before you think  I would do that because of arrogance, no, I’ve just being asked too many times: “Where are you from?” Luckily, many know where Nigeria is (and if you don’t, read it up here) and the almost natural question [...]

the African Brain Drain

September 22nd, 2009 § 4

I was split between a ponder on relationships and an equally bothering brain-drain; the African brain drain. When I thought of brain drain, my mind went, first to the poem I always want to write about it but haven’t gotten around completing it yet and, a talk by Philip Emeagwali, a Nigerian-American. You can read [...]

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