The migration crisis, as we have reiterated several times, is a cruel twist of the logic of the transatlantic slave trade. In the old trade, African agents of European slave traders hunted men and women and forcibly sold them off to be transported across the Atlantic. In Nigeria, it is important to interrogate the conditions that create the desperation to leave the country for unknown destinations. Curiously, hardly any African country has embarked on a conscious effort to address the scourge of the new migration. There is an urgent need for a sustained campaign to let our young men and women know that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 05, 2020 12:33 UTC