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슬기로운 의사생활| The One with Dr. Roli Iwere – The Making of a (Nigerian) Medical Doctor & Other Stories: Episode 28 (2021)

Brain drain is characterized by the emigration of highly skilled professionals to other countries. Right now, there is a high rate of doctors being recruited by other countries. Last month alone, the Saudi Arabia health ministry organized a recruitment test in Abuja, where over 500 Nigerian doctors showed up for the interview!

Dr. Roli Iwere, a Nigerian-born-Ghana-trained medical doctor, was a high school friend, and it was great catching up with her after a long while. She shared some of her experiences growing up in Nigeria, schooling in Ghana, and now working as an attending in the US.

In this episode, Roli shared her thoughts about the Nigerian healthcare system, her experience as a medical doctor in the COVID era, and more stories about her connection to Ghana. In addition, you will get to know whose side she picked in the Nigerian-Ghanian Jollof war. If there is anything to take home from this episode is that it is okay to start all over again, with a spoonful of Jollof in tow - the Naija kind.

Listen for more on her exciting stories and share some of yours too if you are an ex-pat or you just love to travel.

Read episode blog here: https://mosibyl.medium.com/the-making-of-a-nigerian-medical-doctor-with-dr-roli-iwere-58311bce4b84?sk=c3bec30a2069eaca2ea4e93809c2b360

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진다바드 아프가니스탄| The One with Arzo Yusuf – Zindabad Afghanistan: Episode 27 (2021)

This episode is one intense and emotional conversation about Afghanistan, the veil of oppression, and the US influences. This is about a connection to a home country; it is about untold stories and education.

Arzo Yusuf, my Afghan-American guest, is the Executive Director of Angel's Nest helping foster youth with resources. She is also a social impact entrepreneur of an indie beauty brand, a portion of proceeds is donated to helping foster youth and sex trafficking survivors. She is also a political asylum refugee born in Afghanistan and displaced after the Soviet invasion. In this episode, she shared her story and that of her family. Being born in Afghanistan around the war, her family fled to safety in America, where they eventually settled.

Her connection with Afghanistan, her firsthand knowledge about what is going on in Afghanistan, and her involvement in helping the people in her community are why I chose to have this conversation with her. The media has sold us their story, which isn't always the whole story. This episode is raw, real, informative, and educational all at the same time.

We want you to be a part of this conversation. Share any contribution you have on any social media platform by using the hashtag - #Afghantalk and we will find you.

PS: Thanks to dad, Mr. O.O Ogunsanya for providing some questions to enrich this episode.

Peace,

모 /Mo!/

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