My Naija Experiences Part 1

Aun Collective
2 min readJan 31, 2024

Due to severe economic issues in Nigeria, this Yoruba lady was on the verge of leaving University due to lack of money. Despite her father working full-time in HVAC, there's not enough money for daily food. Others her age go on social media and chat apps, discard their pride and try to hustle the privileged people of the Western world so they can have enough money to survive another day.

Instead of listening to popular sentiments about Nigerians in this country (i.e. "they are all scammers"), I listened to her and treated her as a fellow human being. After verifying her…

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Aun Collective

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