Homecoming Series #1: Moving Back to the Freaking Hell Hole
Written by Yasmin Damulak In university, I was always one of those people who got ridiculously excited about coming back to Nigeria for the holidays. I used to count down the days and be a nuisance...
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Moving back for me was a nightmare. I’m that guy who upon leaving Nigeria for 6th Form, only came back during Christmas holidays. I never wanted to be here if I didn’t have to and Christmas was the...
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I remember when I got on the plane. I remember how I felt when I moved back. I moved back with a £1000 unpaid overdraft in my Lloyds bank account and £30 in my pocket. 2013’s financial hell fire had...
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Written by Manuela U My plan had always been to move back to Nigeria after university for Law School. Quite frankly, I was tired of breathing British oxygen. I craved sunshine, chaos and most...
View ArticleHomecoming Series #5: Moving Back
My experience moving back has been nothing I could have ever imagined or prepared for. I always imagined moving back home to be the start of my proper ‘adulthood’. So far, expectation not equal to...
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Written by Antonia Peters Moving back was so awkward for me. I mean, I knew it was ALWAYS going to happen. I wasn’t even sure how. I just knew when I was leaving secondary school that I was going to...
View ArticleHomecoming Series #7: Lagos, Breaker of Spirits
Moving back is nasty business if you are not ready. I decided to move back to Lagos because I was too lazy to apply to graduate jobs. My decision was haphazard; I had used all my energy at university...
View ArticleHomecoming Series #8: La Vida Nomad
In the beginning of 2015, I was on track to start my MSc in September. I had accepted my offer at UCL and by May I was already looking for flats to move in to around Russell Square. I wasn’t even...
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Written by Faridah Demola Seriki You know when you do something really terrible, and your parents threaten to send you back to Nigeria like it’s some sentence? Mine did the opposite. Ever since I left...
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On: moving home, sexual agency, politics, poverty and the complexity that constitutes a nation. Since moving back home to Nigeria, I have learned and lost. I learn everyday. Yet, right until my last...
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