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 [...]
èdè Yorùbá, my roots
October 13th, 2009 § 6
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 [...]