Guys I had to bring down my post cos I used the line “abi o ro bi mo kola ni” (Do you think I have tribal marks?) – which people mean to say “Am I stupid”.
It’s an old Yoruba ‘joke’, but I never acknowledged how insensitive it is. It offended some and I shouldn’t have used it. Lots of unlearning to do. We should remember to be sensitive and emphatic to others,
Also I know the video is all over the place already, but it’s a step in the right direction and I apologize to anyone that was/is offended by it. I only ever mean
well
Also, if you think this is extra, it’s part of the problem. Always letting BS go is how we build the wrong cultures that become hard to shake off.

kallmemrB:
Honestly people taking it personal are totally dumb... Am sure some people with tribal marks do call people Aboki(múmu) so why are the hausas not revolting ..



Sometimes I think the 80% of the people of this country are on different levels of frustration and depression


We all know it's a childish joke that means nothing but No No we gotta blow everything outta proportion

izzou:


Aboki means friend in Hausa

Thales01:
I think Adetutu feeling insulted by a seemingly innocuous remark simi made is reflective of the stigma people with tribal mark endure on daily basis.It is hightime tribal marks are abolished.It has long outlived its usefulness.Basically tribal marks were a form of identification during inter-tribal war which was justifiable then.But in our modern society,there is really no place for tribal marks.The pain alone which is inflicted on a child without his/her consent in the process of mutilating the skin in name of tribal marks is enough grounds in favour of abolition of tribal marks not to talk of the subsequent unbearable stigmatization the child will be forced to contend with on a daily basis.

IamD18:
So "Tribal mark" means Stupidity?

Hmmm! Odiegwu o!

Ndi ofe mmanu'a sef!