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  • This Nigerian Couple Have Been Arrested For Maltreating Their Maid

    Sandra and Chudy Nsobundu risk spending 60 years in an American prison and paying $1 million fine if found guilty.

    The couple were arrested after their 38 year old nanny filed a forced labour complaint against them.

    Apparently, the unnamed nanny joined the family in Katy, Texas all the way from Lagos in 2013 after Mrs Sandra Nsobundu contacted her in 2012.

    She signed a contract as part of the requirements for the $100 a month job she had accepted. Her travel documents although fraudulent, were funded by the Nsobundus.

    Her hopes were dashed as she was met with maltreatment especially from 50 year old Sandra Nsobundu.

    The victim reported in the complaint to have been beaten with slippers and dragged by her hair because she wore ill fitting socks for the youngest child around the Easter period of 2015.

    Speaking with the U.S Immigrations and Customs department, she explained how she had to work daily without any form of rest between 5:30am and 1am.

    Her meals were only leftovers and she still had to drain leftover milk from the children’s cereal bowls for tea.

    Sandra Nsobundu also went as far as threatening to shoot their maid for not caring for her five children as expected.

    The maid could only endure so much including sleeping on the floor because the couple felt she was too smelly for a bed. Her phones were seized and this made communication with her family in Nigeria.

    To add salt to injury, she called her Nigerian bank and discovered the non-payment of her salary for the 2 years she had worked for the family.

    The National Human Trafficking Resource Center was alerted of the woman’s condition in September, 2015 and she escaped a month after.

    Assisted by a case manager from the YMCA International Trafficked Persons Assistance Program, she found refuge in a women’s shelter.

    The Nsobundus were arrested on February 8 and are currently going through trial in court. You can read the entire complaint here.

    Stories like this are not uncommon as Nigerian men and women have been lured overseas in the past with false promises of paid employment. Under fair circimstances, all labour should be paid for. Also, offering menial/domestic chores is not an excuse to maltreat others.

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    Maryam

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  • These Pictures Show How Nigerians Fight In Comments Sections

    Nigerians are great at many feats including going all out in comments section boxes.

    Going all out in the sense of not having any amount of chill whatsoever.

    And in the process, series of trailer jamming sessions happen.

    Just when we thought we had seen it all after Wale’s epic clapback at an American fan.

    The said fan dissed Olamide’s Guisseppe Zanotti sandals.

    An ongoing war has erupted between Nigerians and any other person who dares to disagree with them.

    And the fight that originally started from sandals has spread across other unrelated topics.

    There definitely isn’t any relationship between sandals and bleaching.

    Or slavery..

    Even Liberia…

    And of course Boko Haram.

    This is really confusing.

    What do you think about the fight?

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    Maryam

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  • This Guy Shares His Depressing Experience After Visiting The Slavery Museum In Lagos
    Kay Sesan, an activist and freelance journalist, in a series of tweets shared his experience from his visit to the Badagry Heritage Museum.

    Read his story:

    I held these chains for less than 1 minute. I’m not a weak man & they were heavy. Africans had them on for 6 months. pic.twitter.com/S0UXuEpTMC

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    Pregnant Africans, the moment they gave birth, their babies were also put into chains just to further traumatise.. pic.twitter.com/yJxaRFhVvp

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    Poor quality photo but one with my cousin in a foot chain. This was how you’d move for months. It cut my ankle. pic.twitter.com/1E3GX3nUpA

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    @kay_sesen This device was used for the branding of slaves & also backed up as a tool for breaking bones in feet.. pic.twitter.com/RermBpXLBO

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    At the foot of the chains, you can’t see it so well, are small cannons. 1 cannon = A minimum 100 Africans pic.twitter.com/xNpaYatqDe

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    Better photo of the cannons that were used as bargaining chips for the people. War has always been big business.. pic.twitter.com/Owh49yItnN

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    “Slaves water bowl” They had to put their heads in as their hands were tied. Edges deliberately sharp to cut them & pic.twitter.com/FUsUFx1dvX

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    reduce the amount of water consumed. Even now hundreds of years on its still visible.

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    On the slavery tour I was taken on the final “walk of no return” behind here stood the remnants of a disused well pic.twitter.com/mu5defYaTE

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

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    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

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    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    At this point – I just wept. English, French, US, Dutch are just a few of the nations that had major companies here. pic.twitter.com/Tn3BsImCeS

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    I didn’t know this was taken at the time. Saying a prayer for the ancestors at the shore in Badagry. pic.twitter.com/aiwciETv2v

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    Ive been to slavery museums in the UK, Caribbean, Central America & North/West Africa. The UK’s is by far the most sanitised of all.

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    At times i was too emotional to take photos, at one point I just had to sit. A true house of horrors. Because that’s exactly what it was.

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    There’s been a historic injustice committed against the descendants of enslaved Africans across the diaspora. A trauma not fully recognised

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    Theory of Epigenetic inheritance is no longer dismissed. Trauma can pass genetically. Remember this when considering the impact of slavery.

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    *Small aside* 1st Church established in what’s now Nigeria was founded in Badagry. By the same people who considered Africans a commodity.

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    Following on from that the 1st (western education) primary school in Nigeria was established by subsequent western Christian missionaries.

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    The techniques used to subjugate enslaved Africans….I don’t think it’s appropriate to share here. All I’ll say is reparations must happen

    — Lamo’s Adjutant (@kay_sesen) January 13, 2016

    Kay’s experience makes you reflect on how the passage of time dulls the memory of the pain and injustices that Africans faced in slavery times.

    [zkk_poll post=16442 poll=content_block_standard_format_22] Featured image via Ajaykmishra.

    chioma

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  • A Nigerian Shares a Video on Facebook that has Gone Viral for the Right Reasons

    Facebook user, Francesca, went to the nail salon and she never expected to see what she did…

    A house help fanning her madam for two hours straight!

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    I witnessed this modern day slavery today at a nail salon. This woman who arrived in a jeep came with this girl who looked rather unkempt and had her fan her for over 2 hours. I Watched helplessly and prayed for life to be able to add value for my children. If she can use her as a mobile fan for over 2 hours in public you can then imagine what she uses her for behind closed doors. No help for this children as we watch them being abused.No school. Still hurt by this.Sad.
    Posted by Francesca Joseph-Esenwa on Thursday, November 19, 2015
    Hmm!  Cruelty in broad daylight. Francesca wrote, “I witnessed this modern day slavery today at a nail salon. This woman who arrived in a jeep came with this girl who looked rather unkempt and had her fan her for over 2 hours. I Watched helplessly and prayed for life to be able to add value for my children. If she can use her as a mobile fan for over 2 hours in public you can then imagine what she uses her for behind closed doors. No help for this children as we watch them being abused. No school.  Still hurt by this. Sad.”

    What would you do if you saw such? Share your comments below.

    chioma