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EPISODE · May 6, 2026 · 13 MIN

S5 Ep. 283 Nigeria On My Mind

from The Word Café Podcast with Amax · host Amachree Isoboye Afanyaa

Send us Fan MailNigeria has been on my mind, and I’m saying the quiet part out loud: too many of us are living like someone else will fix what we all feel breaking. I’m talking to Nigerians at home and Nigerians in the diaspora, especially anyone who feels that split inside, the part that longs for home and the part that wonders if home will still recognize you. This is a conversation about Nigerian identity, belonging, and the cost of losing touch with what “home” looks like, sounds like, and demands of us. I share an image that won’t let me go: a young man living two lives at once, one outside the country comparing everything to home, the other back home wishing for a way out. That conflict becomes a lens to ask harder questions about why mediocrity gets normalized, why hope feels thin, and why we keep asking who will save Nigeria. Then I return to the Nigerian national pledge, reading it as more than childhood memory, as a practical standard for integrity, unity, and service. I also speak directly to the Christian community in Nigeria, acknowledging persecution while urging us not to drop our hands in defeat. The core takeaway is simple and uncomfortable: the answer is with you and I, and the work starts with accountability. If you’ve been looking for a sign to re-commit to Nigeria with honesty and courage, press play, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with one concrete thing you believe Nigerians can do today.Support the showYou can support this show via the link below;https://www.buzzsprout.com/1718587/supporters/new

Send us Fan Mail Nigeria has been on my mind, and I’m saying the quiet part out loud: too many of us are living like someone else will fix what we all feel breaking. I’m talking to Nigerians at home and Nigerians in the diaspora, especially anyone who feels that split inside, the part that longs for home and the part that wonders if home will still recognize you. This is a conversation about Nigerian identity, belonging, and the cost of losing touch with what “home” looks like, sounds like, a...

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