Post #3953292
2026-07-19 09:09 UTC
Growing up in Northern #Nigeria, I knew lots of kids of Lebanese heritage. I don't know their history but many had been in Nigeria for generations; they spoke better Hausa and Pidgin than me, but were never considered truly Nigerian. The best ones grew up and left.
The unrecognised strength of countries like Britain and America is that you *can* become British, become American. We keep our best.
It hurts me that we take it for granted, and so many people want to get rid of it.
#UKpol #USpol
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@jmopp@masto.ai 2026-07-19 19:36
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world It's the same in South Africa, I see people getting up in arms about foreigners in the country and I'm like "bruh". For starters, many African countries took people in who were exiled during the Struggle. And secondly, how do we know that we whose ancestors came in 200-400 years ago wouldn't be next?