Ep. #42 Nigeria with Anwuli Okwuashi: Challenges of Multiculturalism
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Ron Klutho talks to Anwuli Okwuashi about Nigeria
MUSIC: Game Changer by Flavour
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0:00 SEG 1 - Pronouncing Nigeria and Niger and the people that live there | Where is Nigeria? | There are about 500 ethnic groups | Speaking pigeon and broken English | English is the language of instruction | Is Nigeria a tea-drinking society? | Being suspended by the British Commonwealth | How long has she been in St. Louis? | Immigrating to the UK | Is there a national pride? | The 2023 election | Christians and Muslims | Having running mates of different religions
14:10 SEG 2 - Biafran War | Weaponizing starvation | Being born in Benin City and growing up in Delta State | What was her idea of the U.S. back in school? | Did she ever think she would live in another country? | Coming to St. Louis for her masters | Flying on a 40-hour flight | Buhari Regime made it so she couldn’t go back to Nigeria | Getting a job at St. Louis University | Not wanting to get her masters at a Nigerian University
32:22 SEG 3 - Visiting St. Louis once before because she already had family in Missouri | First impressions of America | Americans respond to emails | Being impressed by the churches | Linguistic misunderstandings | What are the most common questions she gets about Nigeria? | Where did you learn to speak English? | Would she ever go back to live in Nigeria? | Being worried about kidnappings | The Nigerian film industry | Nigerians in St. Louis | Why is education important to Nigerians? | Best and worst part about living in the U.S. | Final words of wisdom | Nigerian travel advice
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