the first time i visited my cousins 5 yrs ago, they kept asking me if i wore clothes in Nigeria. Their mum was furious.
I calmly explained to them that in truth we did not wear clothes but just so as not to arouse their curiosity i had bought some clothes at the airport. They were satisfied!

But sometimes it really pains me when they are so blatently ignorant.
Especially when you are with a group of people, what is a good strategy for combatting this?

A strategy i use that has always worked is to reply them with a little sarcasm. Always shuts the ignorant ones up.

humour them and tell them all those things they hear are true and one day in the future when they get some education they will remember you saying '' you sleep in trees'' and realise that the joke was on them

Man sometimes the thing really hits me.
Im bad at hiding my true emotions. If im mad you can see it on my face.

my dear, dont bother being mad with ignorant pple.
I remember looking at this chic who said i must be African and going, oh really? And what do you think you look like? Chinese?
She kept quiet after that.

lol. i know the feeling

i miss naija

What do you miss about naija? NEPA, police extortion points errr check points, no water, MEND, Yar'Adua, Atiku, Molue, bad roads, cows on airport runways?

I remember when i first came in grade 2, I used to get in fights every blessed day.
Just couldnt control it. I think I was in the principal's office with him playing chess, than actually in class!

I miss the people and the accpetance, feeling that i belong. This is the feeling white people get here in the western world. Home is where the heart is.

all that aside david there is plenty to miss

@ Jos,
You have time to even fight them. Dont waste your time, most can be categorised into two: the truly ignorant - those i save my sarcastic remarks for and the intentionally spiteful - those i reserve the wrong end of my tongue.
Dont go telling me about the jungle i come from when you cant even pass ordinary high school exams, your own don finish be that.

David, I was 7 years old, I have matured beyond that

hehehe  

so david you want a Nigerian raised abroad or at home? u too JOsbobo which one u want?

Back-a-yard, homegrown. _{When did i become bobo?}

JosBoy4Lif:

I remember when i first came in grade 2, I used to get in fights every blessed day.
Just couldnt control it. I think I was in the principal's office with him playing chess, than actually in class!

just like my lil bro in elementary school

in his words "the kid called me an african ******"
i think he got suspended like 3 times till he changed schools.

oh God. boys.

ok sorry sweetheart. JOSboy lol , backyard is good too lmao

True my people! I miss my country, i miss being with people who TRULY accept me for who i am not because it is the politically correct thing to do to avoid a lawsuit!
I miss pepper soup especially the one at Kogi state.  
I miss waking up in Yola to see cows looking in through my window.
I miss walking around in the cold January weather in Jos.
I miss the wahala that is Lagos.
I miss that civil service state called Ogun state.

I miss chickens, goats, sheep running around and being a dreadful nuisance. I miss not having to worry about traffic lights, i miss oshodi market, at least i had reason to watch my pockets carefully. Here life is so good it is almost boring!
Cant they just disrupt electricity for just one day? Why cant we all read with candles at night or join our neighbors under the tree to tell stories and get free dinner?
Why are there no buckets here? Where are the boreholes? The roads are way too good, no bumps at all!  
no police check point to dash $20 on my life?

Na wa o

A nigerian raised anywhere so long as she's still nigerian at heart

wats ur own David can't ppl say they miss their country good or bad as it may be without you saying it is a politically correst thing to say? why u dey make something from nothing?

Nice list David

madam stiletto shoes, did you read my post very well? it had nothing to do with you o

i know it had nothing to do with me, i still have an opinion on what u said . abi don't you voice your own opinion on what others say? chill abeg oga David

I don't miss armed robbers and lack of security. that's like the most horrible thing for someone in childhood.
I miss school though.
and too many relatives

yeah we got to take the rough with he smooth Wesleyane

@ Wes!
You mean you dont miss the almost nightly shouts of Ole! Ole! in the neighbourhood?  

@ stiletto shoes, you are free to have oppinions on all the nonsense i type. carry go!  

well it's scary when you're a kid and have to sleep under the bed and wish your dad comes home safe (nightly prayer).
or better still watch then hit him on the head with a gun.


don't miss all that.

I miss school really bad though. And my neighborhood and church. fun times

davidylan:

@ Wes!
You mean you don't miss the almost nightly shouts of Ole! Ole! in the neighbourhood?

@ stiletto shoes, you are free to have oppinions on all the nonsense i type. carry go!

well you said it not me. i will no longer respond to any thing you post since u have proclaimed it all nonsense. Carry go!

I miss the thieves so long as they never came to my home. Waking up to do nothing but hang around the neighbors itching to hear some hot gossip on who the suspect could be. Cant beat that!  

@ stiletto shoes, i wonder what you are talking about. thot this was all a joke to lighten the mood. pple take things too seriously here sometimes. Carry go too!

davidylan:

I miss the thieves so long as they never came to my home. Waking up to do nothing but hang around the neighbors itching to hear some hot gossip on who the suspect could be. Cant beat that!

You are such a female.

Sharrap there!