How your village is following you everywhere, By Abiodun Adeniyi

This metaphorical village is primarily a practical or non-practical beginning point. Practical in the sense of an ongoing relationship with it, or dreamt or suspended domiciliation in the place, and non-practical in the sense of those who have a distant but inherited relationship with the place, as often with second or third generation migrants (Levitt & Waters, 2002). What roles do these villages play in our social, economic, cultural, and political journeys through life? How do they shape and reshape us in everyday practices? And simply put, how is your village following you?