My undergrad thesis was “diaspora wars” and the history & absurdity of them. The things I learned.
2024-02-28 18:51:40
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cj_socool224 :
Finally someone who knows. Thank you for your service 😌
2024-03-26 13:10:11
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David :
my ancestors were Igbo long before they were Nigerian. Chimamanda said something like that, it's so apt.
2024-02-29 11:58:25
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lexalouu :
agree on most points, though i feel that identifying heavily with a european constructed country doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re ignoring/not aware of where you’re really from
2024-04-15 07:41:24
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Nikki :
I say this all the time! Even if I can’t speak with my ancestors from Africa they’ll tell me tribes not countries we’re from!
2024-02-29 00:58:52
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AKINKANJU :
Wish I could repost this twice
2024-03-03 06:37:56
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undoingmentacide :
People think I’m so weird for wanting to know my pre colonial history smhhhhh
2024-02-29 14:08:40
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huestory101 :
Bro... you are exquisite. OK, let me listen to the message.
2024-04-05 11:38:38
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Layo G :
Why my name is Funmilayo but I’m Sierra Leonean. 🤣 And my husbands last name is from Ghana but he is also Sierra Leonean. We’ve traced it back though
2024-02-28 20:43:51
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Aaliyah ✨ :
I’m Congolese and African “Canadian”, the smoke I’ve gotten from both sides yooo 😩. If I acknowledge one part of my identity, then I’m somehow
2024-03-02 19:46:57
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smthn :
dude, I'm adhd and i watched the whole thing.
2024-02-28 17:03:27
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🪬🪬🪬 :
they divided us.
2025-05-11 08:20:25
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OfficiallyMasoma :
Same thing that happened to Nigeria n Benin also happened to Nigeria and Cameroon. The part of Cameroon I’m from literally used to be part of Nigerian and was sold off to the French or some like that
2024-02-29 04:36:49
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lesedi_____________________km :
😔South Africans are never not in the news
2024-02-29 05:42:52
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Cole :
all facts
2024-02-28 16:40:41
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_clarkkentt :
This deserves a repost! ✨
2025-03-04 09:38:02
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no. :
"I was at its 100th birthday" that part!!!
2024-02-28 18:06:37
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cherriepepsi🍒 :
do you have any books written or podcasts?
2024-02-28 17:11:49
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Camille-Audrey :
I hate diaspora wars and got everything that you said but since those countries were created so much has happened in each and everyone of them. As-
2024-02-29 05:51:18
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Sanon :
*Still doing it on their platforms 😩
2025-06-03 23:05:23
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Aja ❧ :
Thank youuuuu. I always tell people I know where my folks are from, they built what I walk around everyday. 300 years of lineage is enough for me 😂
2024-02-28 17:31:08
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chidozie ekwensi :
How bout we give peace a try 🥹
2024-02-28 16:08:02
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☆☆Niza☆☆ :
This delivery, baby? 10/10; no notes. Scratched my ADHD brain in all the right spots.
2024-02-29 01:32:31
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Off brand isa madrigal🍉🇨🇦 :
I'm 30% Nigerian! I suspect it's mostly Igbo.
2024-02-28 17:51:57
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