agabaI23:

But you believed the second one with thinking anyone could write it? A contradiction isn't it?

Badriyyah:

Tell him if he doesn't feel welcomed here he should go back home. I grew up around expatriates, they are all the same, segregate themselves from the community and live in their perfect world. They complain about the country 24/7 yet they don't even know what hardship is. . I've had so many arguments with them, amazing. Some are not even qualified, you've got intelligent Nigerians who could do the job better being bossed around by foreigners, Such a shame, when are we going to put our ppl first?

Badriyyah:

Tell him if he doesn't feel welcomed here he should go back home. I grew up around expatriates, they are all the same, segregate themselves from the community and live in their perfect world. They complain about the country 24/7 yet they don't even know what hardship is.  . I've had so many arguments with them, amazing. Some are not even qualified, you've got intelligent Nigerians who could do the job better being bossed around by foreigners, Such a shame, when are we going to put our ppl first?

Don't mind the nigga. If you ask him to go back to America, he'll break down and cry like a child.

I found out on my own that before he became an "expat", he was living with his razz mushin wife in Ikorodu and commuting to his work place from there. Lucky for him, he got a job in a company that pays handsomely, moved into an Ikoyi serviced flat and gets everything at his beck and call. All of a sudden, its "African Lib" we are hearing.
The guy just below him who's a Nigerian is a brilliant man! He knows the nitty gritty of the job and doesn't nag like a deprived chicken all over the place. Unfortunately, he earns about half of what Mr African lib earns.

Inferiority complex yes, but each to their own. If I don't like my inferior boss, I might as well take a hike, abi?

ElRazur:

One. I am human, so contradiction is one of the behaviours I am expected to exhibit.

Two. I mentioned that "It warmed my heart to see the goodness of my people". Where is the indication I believed it? A story can warm my heart, without me actually believing it . Lord of the Ring warmed my hearts. Do I think it is real or believable?

agabaI23:

hehe! using technicalities to rationalize yourself out of your impulsive remark

ElRazur:

That is what makes debating interesting.

Kobojunkie:

Well, herein lies the problem in how we approach these things. First, what has his country and it's history to do with his experience in Nigeria ? You no read where e tell you say na una dey give am big head by paying him and his kind to appear next to you and how your girls fall around for them even on CCTV?  You don't see where he is made to think he is all that by your own people?

Mad_Max:

Our food is poison? Edi kai kong with fresh fish and snails, and bush meat? Moi-moi with seven lives? Egunsi simmered in beef stock and ugwu, and served with the soft pounded yam? White rice with just the right herbs, and a sauce to die for?What's he got in Germany that compares  with that,pray tell- sauerkrat?

ROTFL!

You dey vex o.

spikedcylinder:

ROTFL!

You dey vex o.

Akpangbon:

its all lies - and these same guys will do anything to stay in Nigeria -

but Poster, what is your aim of putting the email in here? I wonder what goes on in your ogbonge head, honestly.

4 Play:

Who is saying we have great food? I guess even a goat will call the grass it eats ''great food''.

The true test of whether your food is great is whether it has cross-cultural appeal. Nigerian food doesn't.

ElRazur:

Some will disagree. I know loads of non-Nigerians that stuff their face with Nigerian foods. Especially, the southern,western and eastern food. If you are in London, it is not unusual to see different races eating our food in the eateries and restaurant.

4 Play:

The above is anecdotal evidence. There has been a large Nigerian community in London for decades,yet, you don't see Nigerian dishes being touted widely. When your office does anything, how many ask to go to a Naija joint?

ElRazur:



On a more serious note, saying our food lacks cross appeal is a bit short-sighted and not in anyway a fact.

Mad_Max:

Frankly I don't give a rat's tiny tail about people who pay to have 'em appear next to them. Our politicians are of dubious sanity and nothing they do surprises me anymore. The expatriate is entitled to his opinion but he does not get to define who a Nigerian is, 'dirty' and all the nauseating rest. And he especially does not get to do that when I'm now reading that opinion, along with who knows how many other people, some of whom may not have been to Nigeria before.

Mad_Max:

Our food is poison? Edi kai kong with fresh fish and snails, and bush meat? Moi-moi with seven lives? Egunsi simmered in beef stock and ugwu, and served with soft pounded yam? White rice with just the right herbs, and a sauce to die for?What's he got in Germany that compares with that,pray tell- sauerkraut?

His isn't some calm,objective assessment of the Nigerian 'situation',and I'm not going to dignify it as such. This is malicious,gloating,mischevous crap from an asinine, 'superior' little runt, and he may, and I'm putting this nicely, go to HELL.

ElRazur:

You want scientific evidence?

Again one can argue that this is due to "fear of johnny foreigner" approach that have become synonymous with certain aspect of their culture here. How many food of international origin have cross appeal in the British menu? You can count everyone of em on one hand - Chinese and Indian.

On a more serious note, saying our food lacks cross appeal is a bit short-sighted and not in anyway a fact.

agabaI23:

I know an Irish girl who does not play with nigerian dishes. She was not dating any Nigerian for your information. She even knows how to prepare some herself.

4play geddit?

4 Play:

You are contradicting yourself. You inadvertently acknowledged that very few such dishes had cross-cultural appeal; Chinese and Indian. Nigerian food is quite clearly not one of them.

You know non-Nigerians who devour Nigerian food, I don't know any, not even those who want to be polite.

A fact? The burden of proof is on you to establish the existence of something. If there is such appeal, demonstrate it, and don't tell me your anecdotal experience which isn't universal.  

ElRazur:

I am not contradicting myself, I am merely explaining as to why Nigerian food may not have a cross appeal to the indigenous people here.

ElRazur:

There is really nothing to proof. Your points was based on things that are nothing other than observation., yet you are quit to dismiss point based on personal experience or observation. not exactly a fair way of exchanging ideas now or is it?