One of the most challenging experiences a Nigerian [or other African nationals] in Diaspora will ever face is encountered within the paradox of deciding either remaining in a foreign land permanently or going back home for good. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Diaspora’
Political Ambitions in Diaspora: ‘Obasanjo Say Make I Come’
Posted: March 25, 2016 in Social RelationsTags: 1999, ambition, Democracy in Nigeria, Diaspora, Grimot Nane, Nigeria, runners, shock absobers, testers, The Call, winners
Between 1999 and 2007 there was an acute frenzy of political aspirations occurring among Nigerians in diaspora; it was quite an evident wave. The frenzy was about Nigerians seeking to return home to go successfully into politics and hold office or get lucrative contracts from the government. Pre-1999, many if not the majority of Nigerian males in diaspora were quite content to live indefinitely overseas but after the 1999 return to democracy, it was rare to find a Nigerian male who was ‘away’ that did not want to return to Nigeria to make it big. That was the birth of the “X say make I come home” era.
Nigeria’s “Medical Mail Brides”: Part 2
Posted: March 14, 2016 in Justice, Rationality, Social RelationsTags: Diaspora, Grimot Nane, medical doctors, murder, Nigeria, Nigerian men, Nigerian women, nurses, pimping, short-term, socio-economic
Not all medical professionals (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, radiographers, medical laboratory technologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists etc.) married from Nigeria into diaspora (especially the USA and UK) are “medical mail brides”. Female medical professionals are human and just like other professional and non-professional women; someone will desire them, court them and marry them where the possibility arises. The problem raised in the previous article (see http://wp.me/p1bOKH-vJ) is the “intention”, yes the intention, of men marrying female medical professionals from Nigeria or coercing them into becoming one after she arrives. If it is not love, could it be pimping? (more…)
Nigeria’s “Medical Mail Brides”: Can the Men Handle Them?
Posted: March 9, 2016 in Rationality, Social RelationsTags: Diaspora, Grimot Nane, marriage, medical brides, medical doctors, murder, Nigerian men, Nigerian women, nurses, short-term, socio-economic
It has become increasingly apparent that the most desirable women in the eyes of Nigerian men in diaspora from Nigeria to join them in matrimony are medical professionals. Female doctors, nurses, pharmacists, radiographers etc. that have already qualified in Nigeria are incredibly well-valued as migratory wives by men in diaspora. Women who can and do qualify as medical professionals after they arrive in diaspora either as single or married women are also very well-valued by suitors and husbands, respectively. The reason is almost exclusively economic, but there is a price for marrying a woman who is sure to earn more than her husband in the near future. What is it? (more…)
Diaspora Shorts: Untold Stories
Posted: August 14, 2015 in Government, Human Rights, Justice, Social RelationsTags: Africa, better life, Diaspora, Europe, Grimot Nane, Immigration, Nigeria, political economy, society
Diaspora Shorts: Untold Stories is a series of short but pertinent stories hardly ever told in the mainstream, if at all, about the real experiences of immigrants from Africa when they eventually get to Europe and reside here especially in the United Kingdom. The popular images and narratives of the African migrant and desperate migration gloss over many common and inescapable realities they encounter and live with sometimes permanently. (more…)
