Polit(r)icking
Thu Jul 01 2021
Years ago, I went into local politics in Belgium. I was encouraged by the then mayor of my city, the late Marcel Hendricks, to run. I respected him a lot but I was reluctant. I was young, I was very busy and I had zero experience. With Naija as my frame of reference, I never imagined myself in politics. Not even at the local level. On the other hand, I also complained a lot to anyone who would listen about the underrepresentation of minority groups in public spheres in my city (and in Belgium as a whole).