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naijababe: Mehn, I thought I was the only one that's annoyed by that. Half the time the names end up looking like some gaelic name. I call myself by my yoruba name and my kids have nothing but Yoruba names.

So behind you on that, I have promised my self that when I have kids besides cultural training they will have yoruba names straight

CAMEROONPRIDE: AFRICANS NAMES ALL DAys everyday...... AFRICAN CAMEROONIAN AND PROUD=CAMEROONPRIDE AND I LOVE MY NAME

Kudos to you, always be proud of your cultural name

honeric01: Well the Bukola one is so CLOSE to me that i can ARGUE that even in my sleep, she calls herself Bekky, i always "punch" sense into her head by bringing her out of her tiny wonder-oyinbo-land.

I just don't get it, Who would want to call themself bekky, bukola is the best to me and the right way. I know two bukola's and both call themself bukola proudly not that bekky nonsence

honeric01: Ask anonymous6 about the Seun to Sean to see if i am lying.

I mentioned Chukwuma to Chucks, didn't i?

I have heard the chucks one to, sad

[quote author=Yoruba_Omoge]Was he Nigerian or one of those ajebutta Oyinbo-born kids who can't even point to their father's land?[/quote]He is full nigerian and yoruba but born and raised in America like me, he went through a 360 for the better though

honeric01: I am telling you, it seems you both have lost touch, call and ask your family members at home, you'd be shocked, if Seun can be turned to Sean, why not Bukola to Bekky? lol

It is not shock but I never cam across the bukola/Bekky names before but I have heard of the sean/seun twice, thankfully one of them got back to reality and started calling himself by his name he was born wth seun

honeric01: Getting worse every day and i fear for the nearest future.

I think you should calm down a bit because many people of the young generation including me don't change our cultural names for english names

honeric01: And how's it wrong if we discuss it again since it's getting worse?

Are you also one of them who calls Bukola Bekky?

This is the first time I have heard the name "bukola" being called Bekky lol

honeric01: It's like you do not know what's going on, go on facebook and 2go to see how young people are corrupting their native names to sound "oyinboish" in the process killing and rendering the meaning of their names worthless.

What is in a name if not for the meaning? take away the meaning and it becomes anything like bingo, jack, bush e.t.c

I know what is going but it is not all of them, and I am on facebook certain times a week or months so I get it but I wouldn't use facebook only as the end all to your observation

honeric01: Bro/sis, if this remain, the next generation is going to get rid of anything African and we are going to be lost forever,some are even not teaching their kids the language and run after oyinbo name (weather na bible na o or na qu'ran name), all are foreign, is there no interpretation of these names in our languages?

My younger bro changed his name to my dad's English name even though my dad's got a native first name, i was kinda angry but i felt i should calm down, i am going to re-talk sense into him, if you need to use my dad's name and not our surname (family name), why not go for the native one? his own name is even English, just imagine how both's going to sound? totally lost.

I don't think you should lose hope on the young generation, majority of them at least in Nigeria and to a extent in the western world care about their nigerian culture, some just take longer then others to get there. Some of the reasons for this, has to do with them acting fake to conform, some has to do or most has to do with the training from their parents, and etc also you have to differentiate between the ones born in the western world compared to the ones that are not because it becomes a different territory. I know some yoruba families that born and raised their children in America and the children were raised in the culture, have yoruba names, and speak the language you wouldn't have guessed that they were born in America and I have seen the opposite for example I have seen kids from those households call themselves Tina instead of tinuke or Sean instead of Seun and then find out later on in the years that it wasn't worth it. At least those ones had nigerian names some had English names, at times a middle name and would identify themselves with that over their native name first name; these are the ones mind you who were not trained well about the culture from the beginning to begin with so I am not surprised.

I feel it is up to the parents in the end of the day to enforce that, so far the majority of Yoruba homes I know use their native names so at least that is a good thing but only half(ones born in America) go further and really train their children with the culture to a extent.

[quote author=tpia@]True, not enough sources and in addition, sometimes i do not feel like dealing with thread derailers who are backed by the mods[/quote]True it isn't worth it

opinions?

^^^^^^lets hope it makes a difference

angelarababy: The natural and realistic is the most important.

if they are going to wear weaves true, and maybe if that was what they were wearing in the first place you wouldn't hear to much about it

otumfour: why is the OP of this thread so obsessed with Ghanaians so much ......

No I am not but that article made headlines and I wanted to see what people feel about it

honeric01: Why do Africans bear Foreign/White names but the foreigners/Whites never bear our African names? is this an issue of complex? White supremacy or the symptoms of colonial mentality?

The worse of it all is Africans with Foreign/White surnames.
Do we hate ourselves?
Do we hate the fact that we are black and that things that relates to us are "inferior"?
Do we just hate anything not white/foreign?

Colonization started that but some of it wasn't by choice like surnames(but it can be changed), I have heard people reform their african name to sound more English or some are already born with a English name already However their are many africans that don't subscribe to that for example me and my siblings all have yoruba names and we never reform them to sound more westernized or conform or anything, so it is training. To me it falls on the parents if you train the kids of the importance of their african culture they are from then the importance of African names supercede foreign names but if you don't and try to be something you are not that is what happens in the end of the day.

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Well I want Obama to win a second term so he can finish what he promised but I don't see any gain from any of them when it comes to Africa, I never really expected any thing from them when it comes to Africa actually in the first place. They represent America so who cares.

solank: With Nollywood recently declared the 2nd highest movie producing industry in the World (behind Bollywood), the industry is gearing up to follow the steps of other developed movie industries by trying their hands on a 3D movie.

Read More @ http://www.moviemarkers.net/movie-news/nollywood-working-on-first-ever-3d-movie-starring-jackie-appiah/

interesting

Good question I hope it is somebody like him, he really helped Lagos progress & move forward

shymmex: True... I actually never used to believe in the institution myself, but every time I see my mum and dad together - I just admire how glorious and wonderful it's to have someone who really cares next to you...

Living by myself for the last 6 years since I started Uni showed me why I need my own family... It's not always rosy, and my parent's marriage is a testimony to that - but if you can weather the storm (like we do in our everyday lives), marriage is a good thing...

Coming from a loving home, where the parents are together really helps and influence the children when they get older and want to settle and marry with the one meant for them, so that is good to hear from you.

shymmex: Basically, everything boils down to the individual - and their outlook to life... I'm not a big fan of marriage myself, but if you want the best in life - you need someone who's closer than a friend, someone you can share your deepest secrets with, someone who can be your family etc.. We need to redefine the word;'marriage' - and explore what it actually entails...

Yes, the divorce rate is high because most people get married for the wrong reasons... Once we start exploring what marriage actually entails, we will realise that there are more positives from the institution, than negatives..

I agree with you, that is what needs to be preached to the young generation today, people need to know the true meaning of marriage

odumchi: All of these things are a result of pop culture and the new liberalism of the younger generation.

If marriage ever becomes insignificant in modern culture/society, then there would be drastic changes: the definition of a "family" would change, governments would have to find new ways to tax households, etc.

So true

I agree if Marriage became irrelevant in society it will be total chaos in all aspects of society.

Yes marriage is still important in society and in certain cultures in the world today especially in Africa, the middle east and Asia but many people of today's age especially of this generation don't respect the institution of marriage like it was respected in the older generations particularly in the western world. People marry and divorce now a days as if they are getting groceries from the supermarket now, and I feel it has to do with the fact that people don't see value in it any more because the things people preach that should be done after marriage are being done like crazy now; plus many people of todays age especially in the western world are not interested in rushing into marriage and etc for many reasons, lastly many people are having children outside wed lock or being raised in single family homes and etc

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[quote author=Ileke-IdI]e seun ma. [/quote]I'm a ma, lol, I'm in my late 20's

just a news article

[quote author=tear_jerker]I'm not Nigerian, but was amazed at how Nollywood's portrayal of traditional religion. I can't believe that someone would consider the religions of their ancestor as something evil that is triumphed by a Christian God. My question is, what is it that makes the Euro-centric religion the right religion, and that of your ancestors the wrong/evil one. Why does their religion serve the one true God and yours, the devil.
As an outsider looking in, it seems like self hate and acceptance of something that does not naturally belong to you. Also, I whole-hardheartedly believe that religion is an integral part of culture. Culture cannot exist without religion. If you remove the traditional religion, you begin to alter the authenticity of the culture.
It's like traveling from the US to Nigeria to get a McDonald's Hamburger instead of pounded yam. It wouldn't make sense. When people Nigeria, they want to see Nigeria and all the things that make it unique to all of the other cultures of the world; all the things that makes it one of a kind.[/quote]Well traditional religion itself is not bad per sa, most Nigerians whether christian or Muslim are doing it behind closed doors but the problem with it is many people doing the traditional religion are doing it for bad not good compared to the Christians and Muslims that are doing it for good verse bad, I am not saying Christians and Muslims are perfect they are far from it but you don't hear them doing human sacrifices(at least the bad ones), and the original people of the Christian religion are not white but they weren't black either. In Asia many are practicing Muslim and Christan religion, even in Europe they had their traditional religion from the druids and etc, so you wouldn't call eurocentric if you look back.

At the sametime not all Nollywood movies have made traditional religion in Nigeria look bad especially in yoruba movies, especially the village ones very good and educational

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCXOimYeXTE&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1

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