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May 24, 2021

Lazy: My Brother in the Diaspora Calls Me

To the children of Africa in the diaspora who rob their brothers of empathy. Cape Coast, Ghana Agadez, Niger Door of No Return One forced into ships. The other voluntarily on foot One tossed in the Atlantic The other braving the Sahara Into slavery Into prostitution Into abuse And many into death Yet my brother calls me lazy. In far away comfort he says I refuse to work I keep trudging till the sand meets the sea.

African Diaspora

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Lazy: My Brother in the Diaspora Calls Me
Lazy: My Brother in the Diaspora Calls Me
African Diaspora

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Feb 28, 2021

Black, on Both Sides
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Lakeya Omogun, Ph.D.

Thank you for this article.

Thank you for this article. I think it re-emphasized the need to understand first before seeking to be understood. As an immigrant with children born in the USA, I see their struggle to fit into the African American culture and still live up to the Nigerian expectations which in some cases seem to be at variance with their reality. Luckily they do have it easier than you did. DNA tests and return to Africa tours, year of return to Ghana etc has sparked some interest among their classmates. Some are now openly contemplating trips to West Africa. Enjoy your stay in Nigeria; hope you are not "totally spoilt " before you get back to the USA :)

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Sep 14, 2020

Silence is What You Owe The World

In 2008, I read Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s, Half of A Yellow Sun. By the reading of that novel, many things were revealed to me chief of which was a recognition of how my world saw me: a woman. I would not claim that I gained profound knowledge or insight to…

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Silence is what you owe the world
Silence is what you owe the world
Feminism

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