Posted on 07/29/2022 6:24:18 PM PDT by grundle
Ayoade Oni, who is set to study Computer Science at university, wants to move to Canada
A new survey of more than 4,500 young people in Africa, aged 18-24, has found that 52% of them are likely to consider emigrating in the next few years, citing economic hardship and education opportunities as the top reasons. The BBC spoke to five young people in Nigeria and South Africa who said they do not feel safe in their countries and lack access to work opportunities, but for those in Ghana the picture looks very different. line
"The Nigerian insecurity is so appalling," says 18-year-old Ayoade Oni from Lagos. This is one of the main reasons he wants to leave Nigeria.
Last year he was nearly kidnapped in "broad daylight". He was on his way home from the phone repair shop when a gang approached him, demanding he hand over his belongings.
He resisted and was "walking very fast" to try and get away. He thought he had found refuge when he stumbled on a nearby shop with people inside who tried to lure him in, telling him he was safe with them.
But it was a trap.
Suddenly, a bus driver pulled up and warned him the people were "kidnappers", instructing him to get inside the vehicle. "That saved me that day," he recalls.
Nigeria is currently facing a kidnapping for ransom crisis, with perpetrators collecting millions of dollars over the years, according to a Lagos-based think-tank.
"I can't go out at night, my parents won't even allow me," Mr Oni said. They have set him a curfew to be home by 18.30 each night.
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Brainy Africans?
tell that to the Boers
Let Africa Sink
https://www.kimdutoit.com/2017/05/05/let-africa-sink/
Who can blame them? If I were in Africa I would want to get the hell out of there too.
Well, that is never going to happen. Africans and Africa were a lot better off under colonialism then they are today. And there seems to be no movement towards improvement.
When I went to UAB, the black international students didn’t get along with the American born black students.
“Sorry, we’re full. Fix your own god forsaken continent.”
No kidding.
I’ve known brilliant young people from Nigeria who studied here because they wanted to make a difference back in their own countries.
I’ve also known plenty of American Black People who have made big differences here - Thomas, Sowell, Carson, Williams; the list goes on, and is very long.
I guess you ‘can’t stand’ any of those.
Where is put black people in all commercials and in all tv / movies while ignoring their “culture “.
*Well, that is never going to happen. Africans and Africa were a lot better off under colonialism then they are today.*
Muhammed Ali: “ I’m glad my granddaddy got on the boat”.
Doesn’t make colonialism right.
*I’ve known brilliant young people from Nigeria who studied here because they wanted to make a difference back in their own countries.* In their own countries? After one year here they should know better. The smart ones stay here.
So what does the US have to do with Colonialism? We fought to get away from being a colony?
Our DISA contract was completed and we've both moved on to new assignments. If asked, I would have no problem giving her a 5 star recommendation.
I totally agree. I don’t care how smart Africans are. They have their own countries and land, and in terms of mineral resource and livestock, they’re the wealthiest continent on Earth.
“Sorry, we’re full. Fix your own god forsaken continent.”
Well, we could do an exchange , if you know what I mean.
“Sorry, we’re full. Fix your own god forsaken continent.”
Well, we could do an exchange , if you know what I mean.
Hopefully someone has informed them that we are an irredeemably racist and white supremacist country, and to find a better place.
I can’t blame goodz hard working Africans who want a better life and would contribute to the betterment of this country. It’s the riffraff that they are fleeing that follow in their victim’s wake.
Then a portion get converted to American grifters of the corrupting welfare state.
Better they come back before Johnson’s Great Society programs ruin d the growing black middle class.
He can come here and get reparations ,
Yes really .
Black homebuyers are getting free downpayment money .
Part of the Covid relief bill.
It’s supposed to make up for past discrimination ,
That’s their logic, not mine.
And many of the recipients are African immigrants !!
My sister teaches middle school and high school math to inner city black kids in Baltimore. The #1 worry of African immigrant parents is that their high-achieving, well behaved, polite kids will turn into American blacks with their rotten culture.
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