Once upon a time—yes, this is a brushstroke—an Englishman’s home was his castle, and the fiat of the King stopped at the water’s edge. In practical terms, this meant something deceptively simple: everyone in England was treated as English for the purposes of daily life. There were no internal immigration controls. Social and civic services …
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An Exclusive, If Deeply Confusing, Report from the BunkerIn a move that has shocked pundits and historians—mostly historians—the newly proclaimed “Third Reich” of Donald J. Trump has gotten off to a rocky, and frankly, bewildering start. Sources close to the glittering, gilded situation room report a level of chaos not seen since the last season …
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What were your parents doing at your age? They shall remain young forever as they never got old. They left too soon because they got old too soon. Our timeline never met, they got old while I was still young at any point of their timeline. At sixteen I was still a kept child, while …
Power in Nigeria does not arrive alone. It comes with luggage—overweight, unclaimed, and suspiciously packed by other people. Once you gain prominence, whether by election, appointment, or sudden economic elevation, an ecosystem forms around you. Not a natural one—this is not rainforest biodiversity—but a carefully cultivated human barricade. Family, friends, distant cousins, and acquaintances by …
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I recently stumbled on a YouTube channel documenting a mixed marriage between a Black South African woman and a Nigerian man resident in South Africa. It was not meant to be an anthropological study, yet it quickly became one. The South African lady narrated her initial fears about entering into a relationship with a Nigerian …
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