Ugo Nwa

Asampete 🇳🇬 HU’19 HUCM’25 ❤️💙 @Nth_Dim Scholar ‘22 | NHGRI Research Fellow ‘21 | W. Montague Cobb Research Fellow ‘19 | Instagram: @studentglamdoc

[Ugo Nwa @StudentGlamDoc]

White Coat Ceremony was yesterday 👩🏾‍⚕️🩺✨

[Yale Urology @Yale_Urology]

Yale Urology is seeking a PGY-3 resident to join our program starting July 1, 2026. We offer exceptional surgical training, high-volume operative experience, all subspecialties, diverse practice settings, research opportunities, and career mentorship. 🧵1 of 2

[NaijaMarxist @NaijaMarxist]

Meanwhile, in modern day Nigeria any woman with a similar septum piercing would be classed as westernised and as acting against ‘our culture’.

We have a long way to go

[Ugo Nwa @StudentGlamDoc]

Gianna Daley is on the brink of graduation, but she faces a daunting $93,600 in fees. Please consider contributing or sharing her story to make a difference in her journey. Together, we can help her cross the finish line and impact lives for the better. https://t.co/2BiYSvw7hH

[Bianca Campbell, MD, PharmD @BCPharmDtoMD]

I’m stepping into a season I’ve prayed and worked for—but like many big transitions, it comes with challenges behind the scenes. As I take this next step as a first-gen physician, I would truly appreciate any support—whether through giving or sharing🤍
https://t.co/bpq2CjuwJ5

[BAMEX💫 @_ayobami0260]

Being in medical school should be considered a cardiovascular risk factor

[IGBO History & Facts @IgboHistoFacts]

BREAKING: Governor Alex Otti announces a $1 million MRI machine donation to Abia State by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

I'm pleased to inform us that the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Nigeria has successfully undergone the MDCN re-accreditation process. As a result, they have now been given full accreditation and their training quota has been increased from 15 to SIXTY (60) students and 48 House Officers.

You remember when we raised awareness and Peter Obi intervened with N15 million donation that was used to equip their lab?

That was when the story changed forever.

They are the only institution offering dentistry in the South East.

15 slots have been the case for several decades and now things have changed forever.

[Kayla Haas @kaylahaas]

hot take: the cherry blossom-ification of beverages during dc spring is so much better than the pumpkin-ification of fall

[Andrea Méndez, MD, PhD @andreamendez92]

Neuro friends 🧠

Duke Neurology is recruiting for a PGY-3 position starting this July. This is a great opportunity! If you or someone you know may be interested, please comment or reach out. Here’s our awesome department:

[Mobiola 🦋🦋 @Mobiolaa]

Trust me, those home-made suya don’t taste like the real aboki suya, let’s stop deceiving ourselves

[Chinaza (Nwaanyịnightwear) @NwaAdaIgbo1]

It's Chidịmma not Chidinma
It's Mma not Nma

It's Chidịmma
It's Mma

It's Chidịmma
It's Mma

It's Chidịmma
It's Mma

It's Chidịmma
It's Mma

It's Chidịmma
It's Mma

It's Chidịmma
It's Mma

It's Chidịmma
It's Mma

It's Chidịmma
It's Mma

[Benkingsley Nwashara @Benking443]

Most Americans and Europeans have not seen Ube before.

[Cleopatra 🪷 ✞ @amandaperera]

They tell you to eat healthy and take supplements, but they don’t tell you that

-Too many almonds can give you cyanide poisoning
-Too much vitamin C can give you kidney stones
-Too many oysters (or shellfish) can give you mercury or bacterial infections
-Too much green tea can lead to anemia
-Too many carrots can cause stomach cramps, bloating, & skin discolouration on your palms and soles
-Too much raw liver can give you parasitic infections & vitamin A toxicity
-Too much or long-term aspirin can give you bleeding risk (internal), stomach ulcers, blood clot risk (heart attack or stroke), and severe toxicity
-Too much broccoli can give you thyroid issues
-Too much selenium (like too many Brazil nuts) can actually give you hair loss and give you selenium toxicity
-Too much vitamin D (supplements) can increase your blood pressure & damage your kidney
-Too much vitamin A (in retinol form) can damage your liver & give you bone problems or birth defects
-Too much calcium (supplements) can make you depressed, reduce your concentration, & calcify your arteries
-Too much ashwaganda can create hyperthyroidism
-Too much zinc can give you immune system issues
-Too much magnesium can cause cardiac arrest
-Too much iron (supplements) can damage your organs & even cause death

Just because something is good for you doesn't mean you have to consume too much of it. Everything is good in moderation

[Wanjiru Nguhí 🌻✨ @msnguhi]

However, have you seen how Nigerian girlies do their wigs?

Have you seen their lace on the skin dress gown

Have you seen their face beats?

Nigerian hair, Make-up and designers should be one of the wonders of the world up there with weapons fashioned against basic-ness

[Yves ౨ৎ @yvessirae]

"Was it really my fault?" asked the Short Skirt.
"No, it happened with me too," replied the Burka.
The diaper in the corner couldn't even speak.
-Darshan Mondkar

[𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐊𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 @iamklausenburg]

Ofe nsala is not “white soup.”
Ofe onugbu is not “bitter leaf soup.”
They have no English names.
They need none.
They were not conceived in English thought, cooked in English kitchens, or born of English cosmology. So dragging English into their naming is cultural erasure.
Renaming indigenous food is one of the most subtle forms of cultural self-contempt. You think you’re explaining; in reality, you’re confessing inferiority. You’re saying without words that what comes from you must be repackaged before it deserves attention.
Food is a language. A complete one.
It carries geography, season, spirituality, medicinal intelligence, and communal memory. When you translate ofe nsala into a colour description, you amputate everything that makes it Igbo. What remains is a pale, meaningless shadow designed to sound “civilised.”
This impulse did not start with you. It was taught.
Colonialism trained the African mind to believe that anything unnamed by Europe is unfinished. So we translate instinctively. We rename reflexively. We rush to make ourselves legible to outsiders, even when it costs us our spine.

Burger is not English. It comes from Germany Hamburg, to be precise. Yet nobody calls it “minced meat sandwich.” Sushi was not renamed “raw fish rice” to gain acceptance. Pizza was not reduced to “flat baked dough.” The world adjusted because those cultures refused to adjust themselves downward.
Have you ever seen an Englishman seeking validation by giving his food an Igbo name?
Have you ever seen Europeans apologising for their culture before presenting it?
Never.
Only the colonised mind feels the urge to explain itself into disappearance.

Renaming is how ownership is stolen. Once the indigenous name is abandoned, the origin becomes negotiable. Today it is “white soup.” Tomorrow it is “African delicacy.” Next tomorrow, it is “fusion cuisine” owned by someone else while the original custodians become footnotes.

It is how cultures are neutralised without war.
Neo-colonialism no longer arrives with guns. It arrives with vocabulary. It thrives on your desire to be liked, your fear of being seen as local, your addiction to external approval.
A people who respect themselves do not translate their identity to be tolerated. They assert it and let the world learn.

Your language is not a barrier.
Your food is not primitive.
Your culture is not awaiting certification.
The only thing that needs correction is the mind that believes English is the final judge of value.
So say it properly.
Teach it confidently.
Defend it unapologetically.
Ofe nsala is ofe nsala.
Ofe onugbu is ofe onugbu.
If they want to eat it, let them learn it.
If they want to know you, let them meet you whole.
That is not arrogance.
That is self-respect.

[g. @GeauxGabrielle]

He’s saying this because women now outpace men in medical school applicant pools and admissions.

If you’re a woman and need money for school, let me know at https://t.co/Yqf3Zc61dZ

[goma @soigomaa]

Dear ladies never forget that: The same world that shames me for being a single mother also shames you for not being a mother and shames another woman for having too many children..lt shames one woman for having a child at the age of 19 because she's too young but also shames another for having at 36 because she's too old..lt shames a woman who marries young as well as the one who marries old..It shames women who don't have beautiful bodies and shames those who go under the knife to get the bodies. This world shames all women, not a single one of us is spared, not a single one. So love and make yourselves happy.