I get most of my entertainment
online, but once in a while I find
myself sitting with cousins and family
watchin TV, usually whatever
they prefer. One evening while
viewing music videos on Soundcity . I
noticed that in half an hour I’d seen
about five videos featuring white
people. I wondered out loud, “why
are they so many white people in
Nigerian music videos?” It never fails
to boggle my mind how much media
representation white and light-
skinned people get in the so-called
“Black continent”, however my
cousins shot back with
rationalisations: “these videos are
being shot in South Africa.” As if
there are only white people in South
Africa. I’ve also been told “these
videos were shot in the UK”. I
suppose we should ignore the strong
suspicion that the only reason the
video was made in the UK was so as
to include white people in every
frame. From Davido's Skelewu to
Timaya's Ukwu , even to songs sung
in pidgin , a supposedly
quintessentially West African working
language, white people keep popping
up in the music videos. just take alook at patorankin happy day video,there is just no reason for him to go abroad and use the whites as d casts when infact a black girl with a sense of african tradition would hav been d best choice.
Is it an inferioty complex or what?

To bridge the gap between the white and black. #SayNoToRacism

If you ask me .... na who i go ask?

Not just white ladies but fair ones. They believe dey are more beautiful and flashy. That's why our ladies are useing whiteous.

Because they love angels so much

And you blame our ladies when they bleach their skin.
Inferiority complex....anything white is superior.
The same reason why white mediocre engineers are usually preferred over our talented brothers in the field, by our indigenous companies.
We have to deal with it, I guess.

kendrick93:

I get most of my entertainment
online, but once in a while I find
myself sitting with cousins and family
watchin TV, usually whatever
they prefer. One evening while
viewing music videos on Soundcity . I
noticed that in half an hour I’d seen
about five videos featuring white
people. I wondered out loud, “why
are they so many white people in
Nigerian music videos?” It never fails
to boggle my mind how much media
representation white and light-
skinned people get in the so-called
“Black continent”, however my
cousins shot back with
rationalisations: “these videos are
being shot in South Africa.” As if
there are only white people in South
Africa. I’ve also been told “these
videos were shot in the UK”. I
suppose we should ignore the strong
suspicion that the only reason the
video was made in the UK was so as
to include white people in every
frame. From Davido's Skelewu to
Timaya's Ukwu , even to songs sung
in pidgin , a supposedly
quintessentially West African working
language, white people keep popping
up in the music videos. just take alook at patorankin happy day video,there is just no reason for him to go abroad and use the whites as d casts when infact a black girl with a sense of african tradition would hav been d best choice.
Is it an inferioty complex or what?

his telling the truth 90% of Nigerian hip hop music videos of popular artists are shot in south Africa.........if you have ever been to south Africa you will notice the buildings and roads also with the number plate of of that cars that are featured in the videos written GP at the end of the code of the number plate/registration that stand for Gauteng Province where you find Pretoria and jo'burg

IfyAwazie:
That's why our ladies are useing whiteous.

inferiority complex