A new Netflix miniseries exploring migration, marriage and medical tourism between Nigeria and India is striking a chord with viewers in Africa’s most populous nation grappling with a struggling economy and dreams of life abroad.
“Postcards”, a five-part series produced and directed by Hamisha Daryani-Ahuja, tells stories of characters in both countries, including a talented but unmotivated Nigerian dancer struggling to leave for a better life.
For businesswoman Oluwakemi Rapu, one of a growing number of Bollywood fans in Nigeria, a favourite episode touching on migration resonated amid soaring inflation and naira currency devaluation that has battered incomes and fuelled thoughts of leaving.
“In Nigeria we believe that when we leave our country, we go to another country, that is when we are going to make it,” said Rapu, whose income has been hit by the economic crisis.
“But when I saw the guy got to India and I saw the place, the apartment, I said ah, Nigeria is…
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