Cape Verde has always been a reluctant member state of ECOWAS, at one point even asking to “opt out” of the free movement accords. But what’s even sadder about this is that in no world should a small island state so close to Nigeria not be utterly dependent on Nigerian tourism.
https://twitter.com/aloinett/status/1377995569906511875
There’s so much to unpack. Racism, the failures of ECOWAS in general, the general tragedy that is carrying a green passport anywhere in the world. West African millennials and zoomers have largely been failed by their parents so it’s not surprising why so many want to “Japa”. /2
@DavidHundeyin add this to the isomorphic statehood argument, a regional bloc that prides itself on free movement of labour, but one where most states in the union don’t really practice that at all. /3
To finalize it up, nothing further proves just how far removed Cape Verde can be from the continent. A country of largely mixed race people that would probably feel more comfortable drifting into the Caribbean. /4
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