Why Do Nigerian Dudes Walk Around Holding Hands?

Yeah, on my trip to Naija, I witnessed guys walking around holding hands on several occasions. That ish was mad gay, and I was shocked to see it happening as if it was the most normal thing in the world for them to do this. Were these dude homosexuals or is this a custom   That ish freaked me out, cause if it was two of them, the two would hold hands as they strolled about, and if there were 3, all three would hold hands and walk and if there were 4, all 4 would hold hands like little girls or something. What's up with this gay stuff

Today I went with my girl to a Nigerian party, and their were these two Nigerian guys walking around holding hands, and I hand a bad flashback to Naija.

Hehehehehe
damn!!
i suppose Naija guys are in touch with their feminine side. ooops!

lol @ poster

i never took notice of it until a friend frm d States mentioned it
he was shocked just like you 
guess it boils down to culture-girls hold hands, guys hold hands- no one complains.
d gay thing is such a taboo that it is unimaginable
therefore, while we may not frown at bothe sexs holding hand, we( society) will surely frown at opposite sex holding hands
thats culture for u.

Holding hands - as how? Please come back and elaborate.

That's a new one on me. I never heard men being called 'akata'. 

Travesty of freaking Justice. How can someone who was born and bred in Sodom and Gommorah, where "Gaydom" now has now become the order of the day, now travel to someone else's country and scream foul?

I lived 3 years in Cuba and had to adjust to being kissed by both men and women, as that was the way one was greeted in that culture. So Hero needs to first pull that stone out of his eyes before he attempts to do so to others.

True story, Islander, true story.

Whatever crapola he's even talking or insinuating about, Nigerian men don't do. As a mattes of fact, you could even get pimpslapped tryin' to "hold hands" or probably waylayed. So what bile is this mofo spittin'?

Lol, all join. . .

it is most likely you don't know anything. How old were you when you left Nigeria? I can't remember holding hands with my best friends or even brothers beyond the customary hand shakes. I didnt even know one of my very best friends and bunk mate for 4 years had extremely soft hands until a female friend pointed it out. If we were holding hands every minute i shld have known.


Only in the US? Its probably even worse in Nigeria. The first time i shed tears my father had to call me aside to tell me men/boys don't cry especially infront of women. Perhaps that's why you and your fellow feminists are eager to claim that Nigerian men are unromantic. To show emotion is not encouraged in the Nigerian male.
Say only things you are 100% sure about! 

good. stick to the pakistanis. 

How many people even notice boys who put their arms around each other except for a few isolated cases?

well, you just asked why it's done, and then you turn around and call it "gay". And for that reason (gay), you were shocked. I'm sure you went to Nigeria from AMERICA where it's aint no surprise to see gay folks acting out in the open (unlike Naija). that's definitely no reason to be shocked. When I was in Naija, i never saw any grown ass men holding hands like that. I can't even imagine Grown Ass Naija men doing that, especially in public.

'nuff said for real.

Lol, let's not whip him so much - his skin may not be so tender afterwards! 

Anyway, there are gays in Nigeria - and most places some of us thought they didn't exist, it would amaze us if we discovered what we didn't know hitherto!

nigerian guys do it a lot but even before i came to the US and learnt about the whole gay thing, i still found it slightly odd.  iTs very very weird.  They should stop it.

I do understand what the poster means. Although not all Nigerian guys go round holding hands, I remember several years ago when one of my brothers made a trip to Naija and saw some teenage boys in my other brother's school holding hands. He raised the issue with my mum and said he hoped they were not gay in the school (a silly snap judgment from an innocent act if you ask me).

I think in the West, guys try to act and seem all macho, so holding hands with another bloke for no apparent reason is regarded as weird and abnormal. It is kind of accepted in sports or where you are comforting someone in despair but not in normal everyday life (I mean for example, you'll see one footballer run up to another who has scored a goal to hug or kiss him and no one would think twice of it, but if those very same people who were hugging and kissing on the field dare to do so walking down the street, then it would be a different ball game and you'll see that peoples reaction would differ greatly).

it's not uncommon for 2 men to sleep on the same bed or 2 women in our culture and absolutely no hanky pankies.
These depraved soceities  with warped minds have labelled everything.

Even a woman speaking her mind is called a lesbian.
And a man with a soft voice is immediately labelled gay.
A man without biceps is gay
The one with too much biceps is gay.
A man that is well groomed, dresses well and wears a good cologne is gay.
If he has soft well moisturized hands,he's gay.
If he has a little hips,he's gay
if he's smallish he's gay
If he's unmarried for a while,he may be gay

Na wa o

david you don come again.
ROFL

If he sucks till the age of 2,he is so gay and the mama may be gay too.