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“Most people don’t know but in my first few months, I was in Chemistry before I moved to Agriculture. We had to do our faculty and departmental registration by hand at the time.”
“So there were about a thousand students in the Physics Lab fixing to do their registration for the Faculty of Science and move on with their lives. After waiting a day and coming back the next day as early as I could, it was finally my turn.”
“See, I’m left-handed, so I handed my file over but she wouldn’t take it. She shouted, ordering me to go to the end of the line. How dare I present something to her with my left hand? Do I have elders at home?”
“I had to wait for about 20 people to go first, then I apologised properly before she considered answering me. It was frustrating” – Adebayo. Obafemi Awolowo University.”
Ekosodin is a student neighbourhood near my school, and it’s famous for all the wrong reasons. I was walking in the area with a friend once when we heard someone shout, “Fine girl wassup na?”
We just assumed, “oh it’s just boys catcalling.” He kept at it, and we just ignored. All of a sudden, he just switched up and shouted, “Na me you dey form for?! Una want make I pursue you?” I don’t even know who ran first, I just know we took off, turning around every corner, running over dustbins and docking about.
We don’t even know if he actually pursued us, but we didn’t care.
Ask anyone about young Nigerians and you’re going to hear something in the lines of ‘largest demographic in Nigeria’. They’re mostly right; young people make up well over half of Nigeria’s population.
A vital subset of young people is the student demographic. It’s why it’s weird that the Student Voice is mostly underrepresented in public discourse–well unless there’s a strike.
So it had us thinking, what’s an effective way to tell these stories at scale?
Introducing Aluta And Chill, Again.
We’re combing every campus looking for Nigerian students who have an eye for good stories. Because who best to find student stories and tell them properly?
Combing Every Campus?
Yes, every single one. Whether it’s in Yobe or Tokyo, as long as there are Nigerians, there will be stories, and we’re looking for people in these places to tell them. We’re looking for all kinds of stories, from regular school struggles to thoughts about the future. Relationship stories? We want that. Faith? That too. Gbas gbos? Bring it.
As long as it’s a story, we can attempt to tell it properly.
What format are we looking to start with?
Ever heard of Brandon Stanton? He’s this guy who travels the world, starting conversations with people, and collecting their stories under ‘Humans Of New York’. This is what his stories look like:
“In my church you’re either Christian or possessed by demons. We have services four times per week. Luckily zoning out looks a lot like praying. I’m not saying that I don’t believe any of it. I just have a lot of questions that nobody will answer. Whenever I ask a hard…" pic.twitter.com/POrsftdRXE
