The Real Truth About Life In London as seen by Uche Nworah
- Europe
- Saturday, November 21st, 2020
Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip and the longest-serving consort to a British monarch has died in his sleep at the age of 99. On Friday the 9th of April, the royal family posted a statement on their website, “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty the Queen announces the death of her beloved
READ MOREVladimir Putin, the Russian president, said on Monday he would move nuclear-capable missiles closer to Europe in response to NATO’s expansion in the Baltic states. In a bold display of force against Western allies, Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles and a ballistic Iskander system will be deployed in Kaliningrad, which is situated between Lithuania and Poland.
READ MOREIn the lexicon of human migration there are still hierarchical words, created with the purpose of putting white people above everyone else. One of those remnants is the word “expat”. What is an expat? And who is an expat? According to Wikipedia, “an expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing
READ MOREThey came as slaves: human cargo transported on British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children. Whenever they rebelled or even disobeyed an order, they were punished in the harshest ways. Slave owners would hang their human property by
READ MOREAs I write this, I so very much desire to read Sam Selvon’s 1956 book aptly titled The Lonely Londoners, a chronicle and account of the lonely and sometimes frustrating life of people of Afro-Caribbean descent living in London. I will assume that Selvon’s analysis and descriptions also apply to later day immigrants to the
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