tpia@:



most times nigerians can tell the difference between a directly biracial person and someone who just looks biracial.


if you look biracial and there's no one in your extended family on both sides with similar features, then no wahala.




you're contradicting yourself.



what about regina askia?

Does she have the "Nigerian look"?
Exactly!!!

Lemar Obika? Does he have the Nigerian look? He is fully Nigerian you know,

At least do well to show me how I contradicted my self and if I did, I'll bow; if not, I'll explain,

Now if Nigerians can tell who looks bi racial from someone who is bi racial, how do you explain my case where I am like many other Nigerian without biracial back ground?

NOTE: I'm happy Nigerians never asked if I'm mixed though they assume I'm Igbo lol!!!

stillwater:

Lol, the problem then is you. You need to tweak your perception abilities.
As I said you can find the look in other regions, but that look would still be peculiar to a particular people.
Can't remember the biological term where morphological attributes of organisms begin to adapt to their environment over a period of time, thereby causing variation from other populations. The same idea can be applied here.

Exactly!!!! There are lots of similar environments in Africa so if people adapting to their environments causes physical changes, where does the "Nigerian look" come from provided similar environments can be found in Ghana, Togo, south Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania etc,

Please explain!!!

9jaganja:

Does she have the "Nigerian look"?
Exactly!!!

yes, she has the nigerian look.

Lemar Obika? Does he have the Nigerian look? He is fully Nigerian you know,

what's un-nigerian about his look?

greenish eyes?  

when you see things like that you're supposed to know it could mean such people's kids might have an albinism trait. Note, i said might.

At least do well to show me how I contradicted my self

if you were raised or spent time in england while growing up, your ways wont be exactly the same as if you were raised wholly in nigeria.

Now if Nigerians can tell who looks bi racial from someone who is bi racial, how do you explain my case where I am like many other Nigerian without biracial back ground?

if you look biracial, like i said before, and there are no such features in any member of your extended family on both sides, then no wahala. Read between the lines sweetie.

NOTE: I'm happy Nigerians never asked if I'm mixed though they assume I'm Igbo lol!!!

some nigerians do that with lightskinned people.

also, your features might not look yoruba because being lightskinned doesnt automatically mean you look igbo.

Now if Nigerians can tell who looks bi racial from someone who is bi racial, how do you explain my case where I am like many other Nigerian without biracial back ground?

There are lots of similar environments in Africa so if people adapting to their environments causes physical changes, where does the "Nigerian look" come from provided similar environments can be found in Ghana, Togo, south Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania etc,

You are not making sense. .If you come out will yellow skin people will nickname you eg"oyinbo pepper pumpkin" Just like I am nicknamed "lobster" it does not mean they cannot tell you are not biracial. .

The "nigerian look" comes from Nigeria or do you want  people to say you have your yellow skin because long long ago oyinbos came and slept with one of your ancestor that  is why you came out looking like paw paw?

9jaganja:

Exactly!!!! There are lots of similar environments in Africa so if people adapting to their environments causes physical changes, where does the "Nigerian look" come from provided similar environments can be found in Ghana, Togo, south Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania etc,

Please explain!!!

It's not all the way similar. That's why you find darker people from Sudan, Senegal, even Ghana. South Africans are usually lighter in complexion to West Africans because the weather there is cooler to that of West Africa, if I'm not mistaken. That's like a giveaway already who's from the West or South, although you can still find light people in the West o.

most of the ones oyinbo slept with, relocated mainly to fernando po island, so much of the biracial looking might be coming from that area.

at least that one is verifiable, documented and recorded history.

all other biracially looking with no clear reason for the look, then no wahala.

note, i said no clear reason.

@stillwater Many south Africans have white ancestors but what you say is true. .Look at the khoisans they have a copper skin tone and they are like one of the oldest people in African. .If I too am not mistaken. .

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@ 9jaganja





look at this guy for example [hope they're still together]

his kids would likely have an albinism or redbone gene, if he has no white ancestry.

And why would his children have albinism or redbone gene?

@ 9jaganja contd


this guy [ilaje pdp who had some run ins with militants]


[img]http://saferafricagroup.files./2011/06/chief-olusola-oke_1.jpg[/img]

might be whitish, or albinoid.

kandiikane:

And why would his children have albinism or redbone gene?

because he has it.

it doesnt mean they'll be albinos or redbones per se, just that they're likely to have the gene.

thanks for posting pictures to confirm our assessment that Nigerian men has to be the ugliest group of men in Africa, well maybe second to Congolese men.

Ileke-IdI:

thanks for posting pictures to confirm our assessment that Nigerian men has to be the ugliest group of men in Africa, well maybe second to Congolese men.

lmaooo omg. .Are you not Nigeria?

tpia@:

because he has it.

it doesnt mean they'll be albinos or redbones per se, just that they're likely to have the gene.

Ok, that is why I asked wanted to know if he had it or not. .

tpia@:

yes, she has the nigerian look.

what's un-nigerian about his look?

greenish eyes?  

when you see things like that you're supposed to know it could mean such people's kids might have an albinism trait. Note, i said might.


if you were raised or spent time in england while growing up, your ways wont be exactly the same as if you were raised wholly in nigeria.





if you look biracial, like i said before, and there are no such features in any member of your extended family on both sides, then no wahala. Read between the lines sweetie.




some nigerians do that with lightskinned people.

also, your features might not look yoruba because being lightskinned doesnt automatically mean you look igbo.

Now, Lemar Obika's look is found among Africa Americans and Among Jaimacans How can you tell a Jaimacan from Nigerian? lol Seriously maybe it's me cause I'm I see similar faces among all black people from Nigeria to brazil!!

Now there are African Americans with Lemar's kind of eyes so what I'm saying is, his look is not exclusive to Nigerians but he is a full Nigerian,

Ileke-IdI:

thanks for posting pictures to confirm our assessment that Nigerian men has to be the ugliest group of men in Africa, well maybe second to Congolese men.

the first guy is AA i think, while the second is nigerian but not that ugly nah.

tpia@:

@ 9jaganja contd


this guy [ilaje pdp who had some run ins with militants]


[img]http://saferafricagroup.files./2011/06/chief-olusola-oke_1.jpg[/img]

might be whitish, or albinoid.

But is his look exclusive to Nigeria? As in will you call his look the Nigerian look?

For privacy reasons, I won't post my uncle's picture here, But he is as light as me but not bi racial, and he is Ekiti/Awori and doesn't and I have seen his type of look here in the US but not from a Nigerian,

I can't seriously tell who is Nigerian by looks honestly!!!

9jaganja:

Now, Lemar Obika's look is found among Africa Americans and Among Jaimacans How can you tell a Jaimacan from Nigerian? lol Seriously maybe it's me cause I'm I see similar faces among all black people from Nigeria to brazil!!

Now there are African Americans with Lemar's kind of eyes so what I'm saying is, his look is not exclusive to Nigerians but he is a full Nigerian,

lemar obika looks nigerian.

not sure why you think he doesnt.

all the people you mentioned, have african ancestry so why wouldnt many of them look african generally speaking?

9jaganja:

But is his look exclusive to Nigeria? As in will you call his look the Nigerian look?

he looks nigerian.

if he were darker you wouldnt be so confused.

the only thing i'm not sure of is if he's just lightskinned or has the albinic trait, barring white ancestry.

tpia@:

he looks nigerian.

if he were darker you wouldnt be so confused.

the only thing i'm not sure of is if he's just lightskinned or has the albinic trait, barring white ancestry.

tpia@:

lemar obika looks nigerian.

not sure why you think he doesnt.

all the people you mentioned, have african ancestry so why wouldnt many of them look african generally speaking?

Seriously, I'm not saying Nigerians can't look like that but I'm saying is it only Nigerians that look that way?

If people can establish that someone looks Yorubas, Igbo etc,  How are you able to establish who looks Nigerian given the already diverse ethnic physical appearances,

tpia@:

@ 9jaganja contd


this guy [ilaje pdp who had some run ins with militants]


[img]http://saferafricagroup.files./2011/06/chief-olusola-oke_1.jpg[/img]

might be whitish, or albinoid.

Whats the difference

[img]http://3.bp..com/_0MAh0_Oa3iU/TMkb4AWsMKI/AAAAAAAACS4/cu8-yNhdtT8/s1600/Blake+Griffin+1.jpg[/img]

^^who is that person?

this is the ilaje guy [who btw is mentioned simply for 9jaganja's benefit. Not a typical sample of the subject matter]:

mr saheed balogun:

[img]http://4.bp..com/_5-FL1IN46ow/TEIFbkk1eDI/AAAAAAAAACc/RVfCmAX8GLo/s1600/Saheed.jpg[/img]

9jaganja:

Seriously, I'm not saying Nigerians can't look like that but I'm saying is it only Nigerians that look that way?

If people can establish that someone looks Yorubas, Igbo etc,  How are you able to establish who looks Nigerian given the already diverse ethnic physical appearances,

Because they look yoruba or igbo. .I can identify an igbo girl by the round head and face-this look is not just designated to igbos or not all igbo have them but I can still tell they are. .

If a person looks yoruba or igbo, you will be straight away assume they are Nigerian

funke adesiyan

If you see this guy on the street of Lagos, will you think he is not Nigerian?

Alas he is Jamaican,
My point is that no look is exclusive to Nigerians but I hear the Nigerian look a lot!!

When will Nigerian judges/lawyers get rid of their clownish embarrassing joke of a wig?

I heard that those white rags are expensive too.

@9jaganja

some jamaicans look like nigerians but the example you posted does not.

if you mistake that guy for a nigerian then you're on your own and God help you.

My point is that no look is exclusive to Nigerians but I hear the Nigerian look a lot!!

you're wrong and also very stubborn.

so are you saying people mentioning the nigerian look do not know what they're seeing?

we're not talking of photoshop or plastic surgery plz.

you're the one who doesnt know what nigerians look like but are accusing those who do.

tpia@:

@9jaganja

some jamaicans look like nigerians but the example you posted does not.



you're wrong and also very stubborn.

Lol, I know I'm stubborn hahahahah but I haven't seen a conclusive evidence to show me there is a Nigerian look though hahaha,

This guy here is Jamaican. Now how do I know without patois if I see him in Nigeria?

9jaganja:

If you see this guy on the street of Lagos, will you think he is not Nigerian?

Alas he is Jamaican,
My point is that no look is exclusive to Nigerians but I hear the Nigerian look a lot!!

That guy does not look nigerian. .

There are "certain looks" in every country and fellow country men can identify with. .I have guessed so many times Nigerians and majority of the time I am right. .There is no exclusive look as to say "this man has a wide nose and fat lips so he is Nigerian" no but there are looks that can class someone from somewhere because of how dominant that look is in the area. .I.E somalis. .

I identify yoruba men with noses that are mildly pointed but abit flared -this is not designated to just yorubas and its not all of them who have it. .But these are the tiny things I look for when trying to identify someone who is Nigerian p.s the accent. .

9jaganja:

Lol, I know I'm stubborn hahahahah but I haven't seen a conclusive evidence to show me there is a Nigerian look though hahaha,

This guy here is Jamaican. Now how do I know without patois if I see him in Nigeria?

some jamaicans look nigerian or african, some look indian, some look asian or chinese, some are or look white/middle eastern, no biggie.

I haven't seen a conclusive evidence to show me there is a Nigerian look though

You will not know because you have not start down to study what your fellow country man looks like and how you will be able to identify him outside Nigeria. .

There are "certain looks" in every country and fellow country men can identify with

true talk.