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Why Saudi Arabia Isn’t Part of The Travel Ban
It was recently confirmed that the extended travel ban does include my home country of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, and the epicenter of the continent’s economic prowess.
Since the news broke, Nigerians both at home and abroad have been scrambling to make sense of the stunning revelation.
There’s no doubt that this is a personal attack from a criminalized administration that runs deep enough to cause brutal ramifications.
Nigerians were never going to be spared the nightmare of adjusting to the newly-minted immigration laws, that will prevent our loved ones from acquiring visas for permanent status in a country that has benefitted enormously from the epic success stories of hard-working Nigerians in prominent industries.
It’s also poetically ironic to notice the disappointment and shock from Nigerians who deem Donald Trump worthy as the U.S. president, who was chosen by God to cleanse the earth of deviant behavior by limiting the functionality of vulnerable groups that pose a threat to Christianity.
This is the tragic residue of British colonialism, that tricked its way to a luscious land of majestic Blackness, bursting with wealth and abundance, and how those blessings were cursed by the lethality of white evangelism.
