The Escape Dairies: Olawale Abdulmajeed
25 January 2023 |
5:46 am
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Nigerian medical student Olawale Abdulmajeed was one of many African students who were forced to flee. The 32-year-old’s escape took him from Dnipro, Ukraine, all the way to Dordrecht in the Netherlands. With the sound of bombs still ringing in his ears, he is now trying to make a fresh start.
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