In the 80s/90s, most middle-class Nigerian parents had 2 goals: good education for the kids and build a house(s)
Fast forward to the 2020s, many of those kids are scattered all over the world and the houses are quiet. The kids canโt just โdrop by, on my way to churchโ
Fast forward to the 2020s, many of those kids are scattered all over the world and the houses are quiet. The kids canโt just โdrop by, on my way to churchโ
Now grandparents, they travel thousands of miles just to see their descendants, in a land of strangers.
As they grow yet older, they will depend on the children of others to physically care for them.
They know they are probably the โlast of their namesโ to live in those houses
As they grow yet older, they will depend on the children of others to physically care for them.
They know they are probably the โlast of their namesโ to live in those houses
When you think of the cost of bad governance in Nigeria, think of all the family-lines that have been changed / disrupted in just one generation.
Grandparents: Nigerian
Children: Nigerian-Canadian
Grandchildren: Canadian
That is the new Nigerian dream.
Grandparents: Nigerian
Children: Nigerian-Canadian
Grandchildren: Canadian
That is the new Nigerian dream.
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