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The Journo Who Went To China

“When I started to get some sleep, they came with nightmares. The dreams all had a common theme: I would suddenly be back in Nigeria and then struggling to return to China, to return to this life where the electricity never blinked and water didn’t st

Solomon Elusoji
Nov 30, 2019
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Shared bikes are popular in Beijing
Photo Credit: Solomon Elusoji
Shared bikes are popular in Beijing Photo Credit: Solomon Elusoji

Elizabeth,

You described leaving for China as going to war. I thought it was a funny metaphor. Now I know it’s true. It’s like laughing at a joke hours after one has heard it. Later you said I was becoming Chinese. “Do people ask if you are mixed in China?” I remember laughing so hard. Blac…

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