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The school's Invention Club was working on a phone-making initiative. This can be found on page 43 of the novel.

The students at stardom school visited the First Storey Building in Nigeria, the Slave Market and the Point of No Return, the Seriki Abass Slave Museum as well as other historical sights in Badagry. This can be found on page 46 of the novel.

The Yakari Games Reserve is located in Bauchi. It is one of the locations that the Stardom students have been to. This can be found on page 45 of the novel.

Bepo had a nasty experience at the NIN office because the network glitches were terrible. This can be found on page 53 of the novel.

The Canoe dance is a dance of the Badagry people. The performance reminds him of his time at the Heritage Museum in Badagry and he his reminded of the brutal treatment of slaves by the white men. This makes him emotional. This can be found on page 55-56 of the novel.

This can be found on page 44 of the novel.

The "migration tales" in the novel show that migration is a mixed bag of blessings and challenges. While some enjoy the benefits of the countries they relocated to, others like Hope face the bad side of migration.

Mrs. Ibidun Gloss was the Managing Director (MD) of Stardom Schools, which means she was Mr. Bepo’s direct supervisor. As the head of the school’s administration, she had the authority to oversee his work, make key decisions, and evaluate his performance. While she respected and valued Mr. Bepo’s contributions, their relationship was first and foremost a professional one, where she had the final say on school matters. Therefore, the most accurate answer is that she was his supervisor rather than simply an admirer of his work.

Mr. Bepo’s breakdown was due to internal conflict and pressure to leave Stardom Schools for the UK. This can be found on page 10 of the novel where the reason for his breakdown is finally revealed.

The boarding fee is N165,000 per session. This is a reduction from the original N250,000. This can be found on page 6 of the novel.

The boarding fee at Stardom school was reduced as a strategy to encourage punctuality among students. A lot of the students live very far away from school and so are not able to make it on time. The reduction of the boarding fees allowed a lot of parents to afford to enrol their students at the boarding houses. This can be found on page 6 of the novel.

The novel's central focus is the discussion of migration challenges and the crisis of identity. Bepo, as he prepares to relocate abroad, contemplates the different tales of those who migrated abroad. He also considered the impact this migration has on his identity. At the Heritage Museum in Badagry, he is reminded of the brutal history of slavery and feels that this voluntary migration to the lands of those who once colonised us is a form of "new slavery".

The novel portrays the "Japa" issue as a personal and moral dilemma. The protagonist's journey throughout the novel is a personal journey. He contemplates every step he has made in both his personal and professional life to see how far he has come and to determine whether or not it would be a good idea to relocate abroad. Bepo understands that, on the one hand, travelling abroad has its benefits, such as increased pay, access to better healthcare and being closer to his family. But, he also understands that leaving Nigeria would mean abandoning his students whom he had nurtured. This is the personal and moral dilemma that most Nigerians face when they try to decide whether or not to relocate abroad.

The central physical setting of the novel is Stardom Schools, Lagos. It is here that most of the events in the novel occur.

The setting that serves as a source of psychological conflict for Bepo is the Black Heritage Museum in Badagry. Here, he contemplates the brutal history of black slaves and begins to draw a parallel between this history and the contemporary voluntary migration of Nigerians to countries of those who once colonised us. This becomes a source of psychological conflict for Bepo.