TalkNaija at University of Pennsylvania
Keynote Address UIU-Houston Gala
Chinomso D. Nwachuku delivered the keynote address at Umu Igbo Unite (UIU)-Houston Chapter Gala on June 22, 2017. Watch and listen to Chinomso as he talks candidly about the inspiration behind TalkNaija, Inc.
Umu Igbo Unite is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization that promotes cultural preservation and appreciation, professional development, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement among Igbos in the diaspora.
Nicole Daria’s Story
Healing Your Mental Health
Mental illness has many subtypes. Its spectrum ranges from major depressive disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar depression to post traumatic stress disorder. Because of the stigma related with mental illness, people are very reluctant in seeking professional help. Some stereotypes of seeking help include being unstable, crazy, undesirable or being deemed as social outcasts. People […]
No Man is an Island
Mental health issues are a huge concern in Africa, and as a Nigerian, it is safe to say we do ourselves a huge disservice in allowing ourselves to be blinded to it. The more we open up to discourse about what is really happening to people, instead of leaning solely on religion to take care […]
Tayo Kuku’s Story
“What helped me get better was realizing that it was ok for me not to be this strong person that the culture I was raised in expected me to be”
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Because I love, I grieve
People experience loss daily. The grief felt as a result of loss is hard to deal with – let alone discuss and process. And, as a Nigerian-American, my experience has been that we often don’t talk about our emotions and many times veer away from topics that lend themselves to discussions about mental health. Unfortunately, […]
Bound No More
A number of aspects of Nigerian culture have maintained themselves as taboo throughout generations. Any iteration of mental crisis, like the suggestion that a loved one may be battling an unhealthy psychological state is often unacknowledged or stigmatized, and therefore not talked about in the ways that point towards healing. In engaging this topic we […]