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We partnered with Boston University’s African Student Organization to host a great mixer where members of both communities could get to know each other while enjoying cool, refreshing Malt drinks.

As part of Wazobia Week, the NSA hosted a professional panel in which we invited Nigerian Harvard and MIT alumni in a variety of different fields to speak to our membership. In this immersive panel, speakers offered advice on navigating the workplace and building their careers from a uniquely Nigerian perspective. The panel was moderated byContinue reading “Wazobia Week 2018 – Professional Panel”

“Learn to Cook!” was a fun event that brought together members of the community to learn how to prepare a traditional Nigerian snack – meatpie! The lesson was led by the amazing Simi Folako. Members were also able to enjoy jollof rice and a couch talk while the meat pie baked.    

The term Wazobia encompasses the three largest tribes of Nigeria. Specifically, it is the different ways of greeting in Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo combined into one word. In our first ever Wazobia Week, the NSA went beyond these three tribes to celebrate the dynamism and beauty of all parts of Nigerian culture. Throughout the week,Continue reading “Wazobia Week 2018”