Nigeria, March 2 -- At an event recently, I met a young couple who passionately shared their plan to send their children back to Nigeria for their high school years. Their vision resonated with a possibility my wife and I once entertained, though various circumstances kept that dream at bay. While many, including this couple, firmly believe in the inherent supremacy of Nigeria's moral values as the driving force behind such efforts, our perspective differs. Ours is rooted in the value of cultural immersion for our little ones navigating dual identities.

In Africa, we like to revel in the notion that we are the last bastion of moral conservatism, standing firm while the West descends into moral anarchy. We view their societies as unmoored...