Patriotism is not all about accepting that you are a citizen of a particular country or hoisting your country’s flag for all to see. It is more about learning to believe in and identify with the ideals of your fatherland and its people…

I was working in a nursing home when a male nurse, also a fellow Igbo, displayed understandable excitement at meeting another Igbo on the job.  He proceeded to playfully hug me but I froze and did not return the hug.  That was the first time I knew I had acquired a Personal Space…