A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about places I was looking forward to visiting this year. Turkey made its way to that list, thanks to Naija Nomads, a travel company in Nigeria. Do you know how I sometimes talk about writing down your vision (goals)? Believing (and working towards) them so much that the Universe conspires to make it happen? Well, today, I found myself in Turkey!
Sort of :)โฆ
I didnโt visit Turkey physically โ yet :), but I made my way to TRTWorld, an international news channel based in Istanbul, Turkey. They reached out to me (and a few other Nigerians) to share our perspective about this country we call home.
Because Nigeria often gets a lot of bad press in the media, I was quite worried about how this interview would turn out. However, when I received the link, I was delighted to see the video highlighted several positive aspects of Nigeria. It showed some of the bad news as well but that was not the focus of the piece.
In the video, one of the interviewees said this;
โIf the media is portraying something, it is because it is true, however, the media is focussing more on the bad thingsโ
And I totally agree with her. Iโd be the last person to say that Nigeria is a perfect Utopia. But Iโd be the first to tell you all the positive things about her. This is one of the reasons why I started this blog- to show the lesser-known beauty that Nigeria has to offer.
I hope you enjoy watching the piece and my interviewโฆ (Also, I apologize in advance for the bad image quality of my video. ๐ I shot it on short notice with very bad lightingโฆ)
The Interviewโฆ
One of the questions they asked me was this โ What does Nigeria mean to you?ย Hereโs what I had to sayโฆ
And I would like to ask you the same questionโฆ
What does Nigeria mean to you?
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