Grandiose Parlor

I’m speechless following the appalling attacks on immigrants in Johannesburg.
Media reports carry the details of the xenophobic attacks orchestrated by some angry black south Africans:

On Monday, men wielding clubs and sticks patrolled along the road near one camp — apparently South Africans trying to prevent foreigners from returning, The A.P. said.
This latest outbreak […]

You need to look at the humiliating ways most foreign embassies treat Nigerians and find a way to improve things. Approach the appropriate foreign authorities, you don’t have to be confrontational, just a quick mention during a reception or while posing for a photographer will start the ball rolling.
Read the full text:
A Postcard to […]

Several weeks ago there was a report by TimesOnline that 27 migrants spent a day at sea holding on to buoys around a giant tuna net”. Photo above. The Times reported then that “the Maltese and Libyan governments argued over who should save them from drowning.”
Today, the New York Times/BBC reports many as 14 bodies […]

In America, very few Africans have been able to build beneficial relationships with other African immigrants, particularly those of different nationality, tribe or religion. Our social circle hardly extend beyond that those that speak our native languages or share our religious orientation. Several don’t even have a professional network, and for those that do, their […]

Thousands of Liberians in the United States on the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) designation may have to go back to their country.
The TPS program is a temporary measure granted to eligible “non-resident foreigners who wish to avoid returning to their homeland because of civil strife or effects of a natural disaster of “extraordinary and temporary […]