Homecoming Series

By Femi Alabirin It’s been 13 months since I made the ‘dreaded’ move back home and I still have mixed feelings about my decision. I’ve had to adjust, re-adjust, learn,

By Kemi Agbaje “The media shows Lagos as either plush houses and clear blue swimming pools or shanty towns and overcrowded markets but they’ve got it wrong. Lagos cannot be

By Anusionwu Charles Let me start with a sweeping statement, Nigeria is a mad country and you have to be mad to survive here. I don’t mean that in an

By  Ahunna Nwaogwugwu I have never written about my homecoming. I suppose, on many levels, it’s because it’s still an experience. Even now. I moved back to Nigeria in October

On: moving home, sexual agency, politics, poverty and the complexity that constitutes a nation. Since moving back home to Nigeria, I have learned and lost. I learn everyday. Yet, right

Written by Faridah Demola Seriki You know when you do something really terrible, and your parents threaten to send you back to Nigeria like it’s some sentence? Mine did the

In the beginning of 2015, I was on track to start my MSc in September. I had accepted my offer at UCL and by May I was already looking for

Moving back is nasty business if you are not ready. I decided to move back to Lagos because I was too lazy to apply to graduate jobs. My decision was

Written by Antonia Peters   Moving back was so awkward for me. I mean, I knew it was ALWAYS going to happen. I wasn’t even sure how. I just knew

My experience moving back has been nothing I could have ever imagined or prepared for. I always imagined moving back home to be the start of my proper ‘adulthood’. So

Written by Manuela U   My plan had always been to move back to Nigeria after university for Law School. Quite frankly, I was tired of breathing British oxygen. I

I remember when I got on the plane. I remember how I felt when I moved back. I moved back with a £1000 unpaid overdraft in my Lloyds bank account

Moving back for me was a nightmare. I’m that guy who upon leaving Nigeria for 6th Form, only came back during Christmas holidays. I never wanted to be here if

Written by Yasmin Damulak   In university, I was always one of those people who got ridiculously excited about coming back to Nigeria for the holidays. I used to count