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Meet Oyinbo Princess-the British Who Speaks Pidgin Fluently by ebbymayox(m): 1:33pm On Feb 25, 2015
We have seen a lot of white people who adore the Nigerian culture and speak pidgin, but for Oyinbo Princess it's quite different . She speaks pidgin very fluently, even better than some Nigerians and also writes in pidgin despite she doesn't live in Nigeria . She's trending right now on the Nigerian internet space.

Today with us here is Oyinbo Princess, the new Nigerian Internet sensation. Before the interview you should watch her video that has gone viral all over the internet , it's titled "Omo See Yarnsh"





Interview

Hello!


"Hello" for wia, abegi make we yarn for pidgin jare!

smiley Ok o, How far , how you dey ?

I dey o my guy!
So wetin be your real name?

My name I wan keep undisclosed for now ooo, hope say u understand sha.... na Oyinbo Princess b my name jare! *smiling

hahaha ok o

So tell us small about ur sef , if u no go tell us ur name


Na normal Britico pikin I b ooo .30yrs old, born and raised here.... parents and roots English. I get a passion for entertainment, namely Acting or Performing - in general making people laugh and feel happy... U knw say if person shine teeth well well, e dey sweet sha!!

I love travelling, music, movies & meeting new people. My main passion na 9ja - from culture to country, people to food, music to films, the sun to Pidgin. E b like say over the last few years I dey learn Pidgin well well - from hearing lyrics in good songs to yarning with padi's etc - e just bust my head. The sound full my bele with joy, to learn am was my goal.

As I dey like this now, I just wan reach out to the 9ja people wey go get small time to hear & see me - anyhow I fit give back the nation something, if only smiles, I go reach give am. 9ja don teach me a lot so I wan share my love by feeding back joy - the same joy wey I feel for the country and people.

So how you take sabi pidgin sef ? You get naija bobo?


Ehen, na my story u wan hear abi..... e dey very simple o. wen i dey 20yrs I meet one Naija bobo like that, who don become my boyfriend ,that was then sha, U know say to begin with I neva sabi anything, I only hear the Pidgin wey e don yarn with him padi's. As I don hear am so, e b like say the sound just dey sweet me well well. Lter I con begin dey learn pidgin tru naija songs like Timaya,Durcan Mighty etc,na so my story go o.

You don visit naija before?

Interview continues here,where she explains how she became so fluent in Pidgin http://www.tlkdrum.com/oyinboprincess/

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