i did a study abroad semester during undergrad in a place where hot air balloon are the primary means of transportation which was not only incredibly scenic but a few times on gusty days class was cancelled because the professor was blown two towns over on his commute
Laughter is anti-inflammatory. Crying is regulating. Hugging is immunoprotective. Singing is vagal toning. Dancing is neurogenic.
Joy is a biological necessity.
I always believe this is the role of oppression: to keep you unimaginative.
To never see youself as deserving or worthy. To believe there is no future where you rest or become.
To never think of yourself as human enough. So, all your work is to prove yourself as worthy.
Today my first book, THE YAHOO BOYS: Love, Deception and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers (FSG), is finally out in the US.
The book follows four love scammers in Lagos as they scam lonely Westerners while dealing with the worst economic crisis in Nigeria in a generation.
It started with my mum falling for an American soldier who was, in fact, a Nigerian scammer. But it grew into something much bigger.
I’ve spent the last four years of my life working on this: travelling to and living in Lagos, reporting, taking notes, reading, writing and rewriting. I did more than 250 interviews and spent countless hours with the main characters of this book. I poured tens of thousands of euros into the project, to the point where I was dead broke by the end.
I’ve seen the best and the worst of human beings. I’ve laughed and cried and eaten so much jollof and egusi. I’ve had a gun pointed at me in Kentucky. I’ve read conversations with too many people talking about taking their own lives because they were lonely. I’ve met Nigerian families who split an egg four ways for dinner. Many interviewees broke into tears in front of me.
I’ve learnt that being a human being is a difficult business.
I hope you buy and read the book, so you can experience some of this for yourself.
You reduce crime by eliminating poverty. The actual reason so called nice neighborhoods have lower crime rates is because people’s basic needs are being met. It is not because of police, alarm systems, or neighborhood associations. Poverty creates crime.
FYI leopard print precedes Mobutu or Coming to America film.
Leopard skin on the shoulder in Kongo culture was reserved for Kings, Chiefs, and spiritual leaders. The leopard represents supreme authority, a bridge between worlds of the living and the dead and uncontested power.
I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, “Never play fair in a game where others cheat.” It doesn’t mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they’ll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.
JOB (zur Promotion).
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