Medinat Malefakis

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Follow Medinat Malefakis, as she chronicles the lived experience of a Nigerian living in Switzerland. With a mixture of humour, satire, story-telling and metaphorical symbolism, Medinat’s monthly highlights will reveal to you Switzerland and the Swiss in ways you never knew, never imagined, or never noticed. She is after all living her new Swiss life the Nigerian (naija) way.

medinat.malefakis@daslamm.ch

Are Swiss People Racist?

Hospitals, trains, banks: Our columnist experienced racism at different places in Switzerland. One incident at the swimming pool made her think about a question she is being asked a lot.

Showing off? That can never be Swiss!

Legend has it that 2 percent of the Swiss population are ‘dollar millionaires’ - about 185'000 people. This is a lot for a country with a population of almost 9 million people! Imagine how many naira millionaires and billionaires there are subsequently.

Too posh to be public

The day columnist Medinat Malefakis arrived in Switzerland, she "trammed" her way into the city. The artificial politness of the driver's speeches was a shock.