There is a silent TREND on social networks but it isn't silent enough to escape my EARDRUMS. I really cannot say how serious it is but from experience, i know every SERIOUS social problem starts SIMPLE.

it is an undeniable FACT that the WEST has taken and are still taking a lot from us (Africans). This makes it very funny when we willingly give them MORE than they ask for. it is enough that we do not have a full GRASP on our culture, fashion, food and pitifully LANGUAGE anymore as Nigerians but isn't it getting too far when we intentionally give away our IDENTITY in form of our native names to the WEST?

Most Yoruba NAMES are now spelt 'Englishly' on social networks. As INNOCENT as this act may seem, it screams "IGNORANCE". if we can't help every other thing SLIPPING through our fingers, why can't we hold on to the one inscribed on our PALMS?

Our names are our first identity; it is the last trace to our ROOTS and the one our 'eleda' responds to. if a social network user from China for example cannot remember the Yorubas from your name, then you're lost on the network and ultimately on the WORLD map.

if you're pushed, you don't also push yourself (with an open man-hole in front).