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Nigeria: Family expectations

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria

As Nneka's World – Confessions of the mind nears her 25th birthday she considers her life and the conflict in expectations between her and her parents, friends and family [1] – ….Why do we African’s think that to be complete you have to be married or engaged? I really don’t know, or I am selfish looking out for myself, wanting to establish myself and looking for someone who will complement me and not complete me? Wanting to be with someone who will share my dreams and also allow me to share his dreams? Someone who will see me as an equal? Please let me know.
25 let me see what i have accomplished: …..”