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“Only by feeling a collective sense of ownership of Nigeria can we start to forge a nation. A nation is an idea. Nigeria is still in progress. To make this a nation, we must collectively agree on what citizenship means: all Nigerians must matter equally.” Chimamanda Adichie.

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“Only by feeling a collective sense of ownership of Nigeria can we start to forge a nation. A nation is an idea. Nigeria is still in progress. To make this a nation, we must collectively agree on what citizenship means: all Nigerians must matter equally.” Chimamanda Adichie.

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Lady: hello!!! Good evening, thanks for calling MTN customer care service, my name is Jane, what’s your name and where are you calling from?

Me: hi!!!Evening, my name is Mayo, and I’m calling from Warri

Lady: How may i help you, Mayo?

ME: I am in need of a good woman, a woman I can marry.

Lady: Is that why you called this customer care service?

Me: Yes, and I think I’m already in love with you...you know you have a very lovely voice.

Lady: Hello, please, we only attend to issues about your MTN line and other related stuffs, okay?

Me: Yes ... This is an issue about my MTN line too...because i spend much credit calling so many girls asking their hands in marriage.

Lady: please, I would have to put an end to this call...

Me: Baby don't talk like that now. I promise to make you happy...you would be happy with me. Can

I have your number?

Lady: *raises her voice* come, Mr. Man, I think something is wrong with you.

Me: *cut in*... Hey, hold it right there... I hope you can now feel how frustrating it is to receive a call and hear rubbish advert? From today, warn yourself and every other staff of yours over there, let nobody call me with a funny number only for it to be an advert or send me those silly messages you guys disturb my phone daily with... Mtcheewwwww...

Me: *hangs up*

***

Well that was a joke but I wished I had experienced that scenario. The moment you get a new SIM card, you've automatically signed a new contract to stupid daily messages from your network provider.

Do the network service have to torture me, I paid for a SIM and not for a flood of daily spams. Network operators are have assumed the job of spamming ones inbox like a paid spammer on lindaikeji's blog

I receive on an average, 4 messages from my network provider every day, my girl doesn't send as much as that, mtn should be my next year's valentine.

You’re on your bed smiling and waiting for that sweet goodnight message, only for you to open the message and read

“Do you have enemies hindering your life success?

Text "Thunder Fire You" to 3310.

Text only cost 50 Naira only”.

Or

“Do you have witches sitting on your destiny from your village?

Text “UNSUBSCRIBE” to unsubscribe yourself from them.

Text cost only 50 Naira.

Although the above are pun intended, most of the spam messages sound ridiculous just like the above

Anyway enough of my rants, anyone with bb bold charger there?

Hi Mayo I am down on flu today, can we meet “next tomorrow”?

I'm like “next tomorrow”? Does she mean next time we meet should be tomorrow?

I am not a master of the English language, I make mistake just like you do. Some mistakes I find quite amusing and often laugh at when I am corrected.

But there are some “Made in Nigeria English (MINE)” which, when you say outside Nigeria would make people stare at you and reply “WHAT??”

Such words or phrases are used so often that they are part of us and has become quite a norm.

The very educated Nigerians are also not left out of this. English for many of us, comes after our native language, most of us growing up learnt our native language before learning English language in schools, nevertheless that shouldn’t be an excuse to “man handle” the English language.

I will be discussing some words and expressions we use often in Nigeria which are wrong.

Back to my story at the beginning, the girl I was talking to meant we will see a day after tomorrow by saying “we will meet next tomorrow”(of course you know that).There is not such word as “next tomorrow “ in English, say “a day after tomorrow” instead.

The verb derivation of the noun "accreditation" is "accredit", not "accreditate" This also indicates that the word “accredit” doesn't have its past tense as “accreditated”, it’s “accredited”. To my dismay, the news media in Nigeria that should be a language-learning tool also make such mistake.

“The Pastor casted sexy gorgeous demons out of the old woman”.

The verb “Casted” is not the past tense of “Cast “. The verb Cast is conventionally uninflected in the past tense and as a past participle. So it should be “Cast”.

“Where is my phone, oh, I left it in the parlour”

“As a kid, my parent often refer to “sitting room” as “parlour”. “Parlour” is an English word though but it’s quite outdated and no longer in use anymore.

Another mistake we make often is how we ask questions.

“Musa, can you help me with this luggage”.

*Musa is far away and replies, “I should come Oga?” or “I should bring the bag?”

If you’re not familiar with the Nigerian English, you might think the fellow is making a statement but that’s a question. Questions should be asked this way “Should I come” or “Should I bring the bag?” not the other way round.

“Please stop flashing me?”

An American would take the statement above as though you intended he should stop flashing a torch at you. The English word that is close to the sense we try to convey when we say “flashing” would be buzzing, he buzzed my phone.The lash became a common word among Nigerians those days when a flash of your scrren's light indicates a call or may be a buzz.

Also, I read in a blog recently about the word “disvirgin”, I never knew this before now.

There is no word like "disvirgin" in English dictionary (except may be your dictionary is co-authored by Patience Jonathan lol). Americans and Britons use "deflower" to express the sense we imply when we say "disvirgin". In newspapers, headlines such as : 40 year old Man disvirgin 10 year old girl, and not deflower are quite common.

“When I was small I use to go to the zoo with my family”.

Small? Small should be used with an object, instead of “small” use “little or young”.

Calling a “Dustpan”, “Packer”. Since a dustpan packs dirt, we Nigerians like to call it Packer, Biko nu, its Dustpan not Packer, why not call a knife, a cutter since it cuts?

"Buy me some Maggi when you get to the market, I prefer Knorr not Royco”.



The hard cube shaped seasoning ingredient we use to spice up our food is called "Bouillon cube", or "Stock cube" and not maggi, calling it Maggi makes it a free advert for the company Maggi- which is an international brand of instant soups, stocks, bouillon cubes, ketchups, sauces, seasonings etc.

Stew and soup- The English definition of soup puts most of what we call soupin the category of stew. Generally, stews have less liquid than soups, are much thicker and require longer cooking over low heat.

To the Briton or American, it’s quite simple-stew is thick, soup is watery. And we all know egusi, ogbono, edikang ikong etc. are thick so we can’t call them soup but stew, especially when you're outside Nigeria. So what we call "stew" in Nigeria, doesn't really have to be made from tomato sauce.

If you invite an American or Briton to your house to a bowl of soup and he meets Egusi soup on the table, he will ask you why didn’t you cook the soup you promised?

“Buy me some bush meat when you travel to the village”.

We generally call the meat of wild animals killed by hunters-“Bush meat”. Also, this is another influence of our native language on the English language.

The Yoruba’s call bush meat -Eran igbe of which a direct/loose translation would be "bush meat".

The British equivalent is called- game or just say game meat.

“Madam please put the ugu leaves in a nylon”.

It’s not nylon my Nigerian people, its plastic bags

Well, my work is done here, thanks for reading and hope you saw your mistakes.

written by Mayo Bayo ,fore more interesting articles visit http://www.tlkdrum.com/made-in-nigeria-english/

thanks solalizzy

Hi Mayo I am down on flu today, can we meet “next tomorrow”?

I'm like “next tomorrow”? Does she mean next time we meet should be tomorrow?

I am not a master of the English language, I make mistake just like you do. Some mistakes I find quite amusing and often laugh at when I am corrected.

But there are some “Made in Nigeria English (MINE)” which, when you say outside Nigeria would make people stare at you and reply “WHAT??”

Such words or phrases are used so often that they are part of us and has become quite a norm.

The very educated Nigerians are also not left out of this. English for many of us, comes after our native language, most of us growing up learnt our native language before learning English language in schools, nevertheless that shouldn’t be an excuse to “man handle” the English language.

I will be discussing some words and expressions we use often in Nigeria which are wrong.

Back to my story at the beginning, the girl I was talking to meant we will see a day after tomorrow by saying “we will meet next tomorrow”(of course you know that).There is not such word as “next tomorrow “ in English, say “a day after tomorrow” instead.

The verb derivation of the noun "accreditation" is "accredit", not "accreditate" This also indicates that the word “accredit” doesn't have its past tense as “accreditated”, it’s “accredited”. To my dismay, the news media in Nigeria that should be a language-learning tool also make such mistake.

“The Pastor casted sexy gorgeous demons out of the old woman”.

The verb “Casted” is not the past tense of “Cast “. The verb Cast is conventionally uninflected in the past tense and as a past participle. So it should be “Cast”.

“Where is my phone, oh, I left it in the parlour”

“As a kid, my parent often refer to “sitting room” as “parlour”. “Parlour” is an English word though but it’s quite outdated and no longer in use anymore.

Another mistake we make often is how we ask questions.

“Musa, can you help me with this luggage”.

*Musa is far away and replies, “I should come Oga?” or “I should bring the bag?”

If you’re not familiar with the Nigerian English, you might think the fellow is making a statement but that’s a question. Questions should be asked this way “Should I come” or “Should I bring the bag?” not the other way round.

“Please stop flashing me?”

An American would take the statement above as though you intended he should stop flashing a torch at you. The English word that is close to the sense we try to convey when we say “flashing” would be buzzing, he buzzed my phone.The lash became a common word among Nigerians those days when a flash of your scrren's light indicates a call or may be a buzz.

Also, I read in a blog recently about the word “disvirgin”, I never knew this before now.

There is no word like "disvirgin" in English dictionary (except may be your dictionary is co-authored by Patience Jonathan lol). Americans and Britons use "deflower" to express the sense we imply when we say "disvirgin". In newspapers, headlines such as : 40 year old Man disvirgin 10 year old girl, and not deflower are quite common.

“When I was small I use to go to the zoo with my family”.

Small? Small should be used with an object, instead of “small” use “little or young”.

Calling a “Dustpan”, “Packer”. Since a dustpan packs dirt, we Nigerians like to call it Packer, Biko nu, its Dustpan not Packer, why not call a knife, a cutter since it cuts?

"Buy me some Maggi when you get to the market, I prefer Knorr not Royco”.



The hard cube shaped seasoning ingredient we use to spice up our food is called "Bouillon cube", or "Stock cube" and not maggi, calling it Maggi makes it a free advert for the company Maggi- which is an international brand of instant soups, stocks, bouillon cubes, ketchups, sauces, seasonings etc.

Stew and soup- The English definition of soup puts most of what we call soupin the category of stew. Generally, stews have less liquid than soups, are much thicker and require longer cooking over low heat.

To the Briton or American, it’s quite simple-stew is thick, soup is watery. And we all know egusi, ogbono, edikang ikong etc. are thick so we can’t call them soup but stew, especially when you're outside Nigeria. So what we call "stew" in Nigeria, doesn't really have to be made from tomato sauce.

If you invite an American or Briton to your house to a bowl of soup and he meets Egusi soup on the table, he will ask you why didn’t you cook the soup you promised?

“Buy me some bush meat when you travel to the village”.

We generally call the meat of wild animals killed by hunters-“Bush meat”. Also, this is another influence of our native language on the English language.

The Yoruba’s call bush meat -Eran igbe of which a direct/loose translation would be "bush meat".

The British equivalent is called- game or just say game meat.

“Madam please put the ugu leaves in a nylon”.

It’s not nylon my Nigerian people, its plastic bags

Well, my work is done here, thanks for reading and hope you saw your mistakes.

written by Mayo Bayo ,fore more interesting articles visit http://www.tlkdrum.com/made-in-nigeria-english/

We all use this word eh en

we all shouldn't forget that its not total number of vote that counts but the 24% percent rule in 24 states of the 36.

Here is my mathematical analysis;Buhari has the popular vote, but Jonathan has the wider regional base. So a runoff is possible

We are all guilty of stereotyping, believe it or not, you’re! I am also guilty of this. You shouldn’t totally blame yourself for that, some people probably don't even know they're one. What comes to your mind when I say Africa (if you’re non-African), or when I say “Chinese product” or when you meet an Arabian man in a bus carrying a bag with the inscription “BOOM”?

Not that these stories you often perceive aren't true, in most cases they are but the problem is we only tend to see that side of them. We fail to look beyond the negative stories. People always like to classify and place people into a group. According to a research conducted, it was observed that people like to categorize the world, both the social and physical world, into preferably neat little groups. They inevitably do so (i.e., categorize) for 3 reasons.


1) it’s cognitively efficient - once you have categorized you no longer need to consider information about each individual member of the group.


2) It satisfies the need to understand and predict the social world. You no longer need to wonder what each individual is like, or what he or she is likely to do. All of this is contained in the stereotype.


3) It’s a way to feel better about yourself; we think our groups are better than other groups.


A lot of factors play significant roles in stereotype. Let me simply put that we often learn not just how to talk, walk or eat from our Parent, who happen to be our first teacher. Most parent also make it their responsibility to teach their kid how they should perceive the world.

A girl who’s Mum had been scammed by a Nigerian swindler when she was still single, sand-filled her daughter’s mind with that single negative story about Nigerians. She grew up only knowing she can’t trust a Nigerian.

Another factor is the media, the media is more than powerful, and they control our mind. They play the biggest role in creating stereotype. They tell partial stories about a group of people and gradually turn these into an identity for the group of people.

What do one say about the German Professor who rejected an Indian student's application for internship over the country’s ‘rape problem?’ He probably have seen so many a times the word "rape" put side to side with most recent news about India that he had failed to look beyond “rape” when he received the application..

“The media gives us ways of imagining particular identities and groups which can have material effects on how people experience the world”

Among such other stories also is Africa, Africa my Africa! Bad news as we all know sell faster Mc Donald’s burgers, people feel better when they see other people having problems bigger than theirs. For the westerners, African is better depicted in the dark than the light side of it. Most love the picture of Africa as a continent where a half unclad man speaking weird languages chases after zebras in his wild jungle.

I find it quite difficult not to get irritated when people ask if I lived with lions in Africa, or if we have airports back at home (they probably thought I flew on a bird to Europe) etc. Annoying and dumb these question might sound, not all is directed as a racial slur, some people are truly naïve.

A man who have spent most of his time in his European or Americans sitting room, watching how Hollywood and mainstream media like CNN, National geographic and a couple of others depicts Africans as stone age people with constant tribal war and abject poverty will not have any better opinion about Africa.

Africa might not be as developed as it ought to be, it has its problem like every continent but African isn’t at zero level, we live in big cities, I don't live with lions, though I wish I had one as a pet. Just like you, the only time I saw a lion was in the zoo.

Every country has those areas that are totally backward or ancient. It should not be singled out as an African thing, we aren’t the world’s village

On the other side of the coin, the west is depicted as the heaven on earth, the place where the streets are tarred with hard currencies.
When an African travels to Europe or America, the first thing on his "to do list" is to capture a picture of himself with backgrounds of tall and beautiful European building and surrounding, though the ghettos and dirty areas exist just close by.

You know why? It's because he had all his life only imagined Europe as the heaven of tall buildings and the paradise where rich wine flows through taps.

The white man on the other hand who visits Africa would leave the city, go far into the remote villages... far from civilizations and make sure he gets the “the Mr. white man and in the midst of poor shoeless African kids” picture. Else how will he explain to his white friends he truly was in Africa.

Hollywood, also on their part are very creative, they make the word TELEVISION sound more like TEL LIE VISION, scenes portraying Africa are always about a half unclad man living in huts speaking some thick languages with wild animals as peaceful neighbors.

Even in schools and universities, these half sided stories affects the African migrants who have traveled miles away from home to study abroad. The teacher who most at times already have his own assumptions of what your academic capabilities should be (or what good education can be taught in a hut or to a kid who is hungry and only thinking about food). This makes some of them get very surprised when you exceed their expectations.

A friend of mine told me a story about his dad. A white man once visited the village his dad grew up, he shared a canned pack of sardine to the kids and ask for picture in return.
The interesting thing about this story is, he brought the kid closer to where the garbage was piled up so he could have the perfect "African" background.
This half sided stories are also very profitable. The easiest way to get funding for your new NGO is making a video that will get the world’s sympathy, and where the best place is for that, of course Africa! A European still thinking about how to pay for his mortgage will be more than willing to donate a few dollars when he sees that some kids don't even have a roof over their heads.
Some even think Africa is a country and we all speak Afrikaans.

I attended a lecture on international journalism, where a BBC reporter gave her lecture on mainstream media and its effect. She spoke bravely and passionately about how Africa being always depicted with hunger and poverty, I nodded happily in concordance to every word she spoke and then to sum up her speech, she added: "Africa have beautiful giraffes, lions, tigers and exotic animals, the world should portray that".

At this point, I felt like she just broke my heart and made an ugly mosaic out it, just beautiful animals?

What happened to the big cities with beautiful terrains, landscapes and exciting sights?

Chinua Achebe once said, if you don't like their story about you write yours, I just wrote mine.

culled from:http://www.tlkdrum.com/stereotypes-africa-in-focus/

© Talking Drum 2015.

Misconception A: You must have experience in having sex before you get married, in order to have a successful marriage.

Counter Argument: It is not experience that ensures a successful marriage but commitment. If it’s experience (in having sex) that you are looking for, you will get that experience definitely when you finally get married. Those who engage in premarital sex have experience in having sex and those who remain as virgins till they get married, have experience in abstaining from sex. This experience in abstaining from sex will help you in marriage. This is because even in marriage, there are situations that demand abstinence. For instance when your partner is sick or has travelled. In such situations it will be relatively easier for you to abstain. The period from the time you become sexually aware till you get married is a critical period which should be used for the mastering of the art of abstinence. The moment you become sexually aware you must start abstaining. You must ensure that you are already a graduate of abstinence, before you marry. You must have mastered the art of abstinence before saying I do! A husband and a wife who abstained from pre-marital sex will trust each other to be sexually faithful in the marriage.

Misconception B: Not everyone can abstain.

Counter Argument: Everyone has the capacity to abstain. However, some people do not develop the capacity. The capacity must be developed. To develop this capacity, take a firm decision to abstain, make a conscious effort to abstain from day to day, pray about it and seek counselling or psychological help if necessary. Before you know it, you would have mastered the art of abstinence.



Misconception C: Abstinence is Ideal but not
Counter Argument: Abstinence is Ideal and Real. (i) Ideal because you save yourself from a lot of trouble or complications such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, when you abstain. Besides your conscience is clear when you abstain from pre-marital sex. (ii) And Real because people are doing it (i.e. people are abstaining). It can be done!!!

[b] Misconception D: [/b]Everybody is doing it.
Counter Argument: This is not true!
Read the article in full here:http://www.tlkdrum.com/some-logical-arguments-against-premarital-sex/

This is a simple test but what happens at the end will probably blow your mind. It happens to be one of those cool things that no one can really explain, but is totally fascinating. It isn't hard science, but you need to try it and see for yourself. Don't write anything down or use a calculator. This is just simple arithmetic..

Start:




How much is:


15 + 6


3 + 56



89 + 2


12 + 53


75 + 26


25 + 52


63 + 32


I know! Calculations are hard work, but it's nearly over..


Come on, one more...




123 + 5



QUICK! THINK ABOUT A COLOR AND A TOOL!


Scroll further to the bottom...


A bit more...


You just thought about a red hammer, didn't you?



If this is not your answer, you are among 2% of people who have a different, if not abnormal, mind.
98% of the folks would answer a red hammer while doing this exercise.




If you do not believe this, pass it around and you'll see.


Be sure to put in the subject line if you are among the 98% or the 2% and send to every

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Tolu is only 11 years old, she has a huge secret she can't tell anyone, not even her parent. Her lesson Teacher, Mr. Kola has been molesting her secretly.

This assault kept on for a long time.

Tolu is now 29, she had went through 3 abortions before she was 20, and she’s a sex addict.

Although this never really happened such happen every day , somewhere around the globe an old fool a parent calls uncle lagbaja or brother tamedo or may be it’s even that house help of yours or the relative you brought from your village lusting after the little girl in your house, even the little boys are not left out.

It might even be you reading this that is a victim of child abuse or even the abuser.

After reading Tolu’s story, someone of you probably judged her right away, saying- yeye gal why can't she tell parent in time? She enjoys it jare!

Don't judge until you've walked a mile in another man's moccasins.

Like any typical Nigerian parent, Tolu’s parent are disciplinarian, judgmental, very religious and always busy at work. They rarely listen or hardly have close talk with their kids.

Imagine if Tolu’s parent were very watchful and had good relationship with Tolu, she probably might not have carried the emotional scare she wears about now.

"The effects of childhood sexual abuse sexual dysfunction, such as flashbacks, difficulty in arousal, and phobic reactions can last into middle-aged adulthood.

According to studies, a large percent of child sexual abuse occur just right at the nose of the parent, without the parent having a clue. Most parent find it difficult believing that that nice neighbor, the ever smiling lesson teacher, or the relative that showers your kid gift could lust after your kid. I am not saying everyone around your kid is a suspect, but you have to be watchful when you leave your kids to other people, perverts are closer to you than you can think of.

Parenting is more than just providing materially for your kids and smiling as they call you daddy or mummy, you need to be that close friend your kids share her feelings and little talk with. If workcan't permit you to sit home and take care of your children, then you have to be very careful and watchful with the kind of house help, gateman or nanny you take into your homes.

Most Nigerian parents find it challenging discussing sex with their kids, the topic sex might sound awkward to both the kid and the parent, parent still need to call a spade a spade and not a big spoon, you should tell your kids what they should know about sex.

Majority of child molesters, take advantage of the kid’s naivety about sex.

A child whose parent poorly educated or didn't educate their kid on sex are mostly victim of sexual molestation.

Just another bitter truth!

written by Mayo Bayo
culled fromhttp://www.tlkdrum.com/child-sex-abuse-the-story-of-tolu/
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Boko Haram, 419-ers, Yahoo boy, Scam, chibok girls, Baga saga those are the vocabularies that stare at you see once you Google search Nigeria. But there is more to our country Nigeria . There are things we can say beating our chest. Even most Nigerian don’t even know some of them.



1.Yorubas have the highest number of twins in the world

According to the Wikipedia, about 1 in 90 human births (1.1%) results from a twin pregnancy. The rate of dizygotic twinning varies greatly among ethnic groups with Yorubas having the highest, 45 per 1000 births.

A study done by renowned Sierra Leonean gynecologist, Patrick Nylander shows that in a place called Igbo-Ora in the western part of Nigeria, 3 sets of twins were born in every 19 births. Some scientist carried out research study and suggested that a chemical found in Igbo-Ora women and the peelings of a widely consumed tuber (yams) could be responsible. Isn’t this something we should be proud of?

2.Most populous Black Country

Legend has it that one out of every five black people on Earth is a Nigerian. This might be an exaggeration but it can be far from the truth, Nigeria with a population estimated to be about around 180 million, is the 7th most populous country in the world. Like Coca cola, go to anywhere in the world and you will find us there, we are world citizen. If you've traveled abroad you know what I am talking about, the likelihood of the black man you just ran into at the airport being a Nigerian is relatively high.





3.The Walls of Benin City

The Walls of Benin City was the world's largest man-made earth structure. Fred Pearce, a science writer wrote in New Scientist:

"They cover 6,500 square kilometers and were all dug by the Edo people. In all, they are four times longer than the Great Wall of China, and consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. They took an estimated 150 million hours of digging to construct, and are perhaps the largest single archaeological phenomenon on the planet".

I am sure you never knew this before. Check Wikipedia to read more about it.

Click the image to open in full size.



4.Nigeria has the 5th largest number of Goats in the world.

Well it sounds funny right? Our goats have something to be proud of too. Nigeria is home to 6.2% (53.8m) of the World's Goat population. (FAOSTAT, 2008).


5.Nigeria is the World's Largest Yam Producer.

If Nigeria stops to produce yam today, the global production of yam will reduce by 70%. Imagine the world with no yam, I had rather stop imagining



6.Nigeria is the world's largest producer of cassava

While Thailand is the largest exporter-77% of world export '05.2nd-Vietnam, 3rd-Indonesia.

The list continue here http://www.tlkdrum.com/8-facts-proud-nigerian/

culled from-http://www.tlkdrum.com/8-facts-proud-nigerian/

We have seen a lot of white people who adore the Nigerian culture and speak pidgin, but for Oyinbo Princess it's quite different . She speaks pidgin very fluently, even better than some Nigerians and also writes in pidgin despite she doesn't live in Nigeria . She's trending right now on the Nigerian internet space.

Today with us here is Oyinbo Princess, the new Nigerian Internet sensation. Before the interview you should watch her video that has gone viral all over the internet , it's titled "Omo See Yarnsh"





Interview

Hello!


"Hello" for wia, abegi make we yarn for pidgin jare!

Ok o, How far , how you dey ?

I dey o my guy!
So wetin be your real name?

My name I wan keep undisclosed for now ooo, hope say u understand sha.... na Oyinbo Princess b my name jare! *smiling

hahaha ok o

So tell us small about ur sef , if u no go tell us ur name


Na normal Britico pikin I b ooo .30yrs old, born and raised here.... parents and roots English. I get a passion for entertainment, namely Acting or Performing - in general making people laugh and feel happy... U knw say if person shine teeth well well, e dey sweet sha!!

I love travelling, music, movies & meeting new people. My main passion na 9ja - from culture to country, people to food, music to films, the sun to Pidgin. E b like say over the last few years I dey learn Pidgin well well - from hearing lyrics in good songs to yarning with padi's etc - e just bust my head. The sound full my bele with joy, to learn am was my goal.

As I dey like this now, I just wan reach out to the 9ja people wey go get small time to hear & see me - anyhow I fit give back the nation something, if only smiles, I go reach give am. 9ja don teach me a lot so I wan share my love by feeding back joy - the same joy wey I feel for the country and people.

So how you take sabi pidgin sef ? You get naija bobo?

Ehen, na my story u wan hear abi..... e dey very simple o. wen i dey 20yrs I meet one Naija bobo like that, who don become my boyfriend ,that was then sha, U know say to begin with I neva sabi anything, I only hear the Pidgin wey e don yarn with him padi's. As I don hear am so, e b like say the sound just dey sweet me well well. Lter I con begin dey learn pidgin tru naija songs like Timaya,Durcan Mighty etc,na so my story go o.

You don visit naija before?

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Nice list!

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The Manual To Dating A Nigerian Man by ebbymayox(m): 1:18am
Are you a foreigner dating ,planning to marry, or may be married to a Nigerian man? re you planning to move back to Nigeria with your newly wedded charming Nigerian man? There are some important stuffs you need know beforehand. Before I continue will like to state that you disregard my title (pun intended), this really isn’t a manual, and else it sound like a Nigerian man is a machine

There are a lot of stereotypes on the internet about dating Nigerian men, but like you already know there is always two side to a coin. I will be talking more here about a decent Nigerian man, or isn’t that what you’re looking for or prefer to have?. So how is a descent Nigerian different, or aren’t men the same around the world?

Of course men can't be the same, we might have similar triggers and desires but not the same cultural upbringing, values or expectations.

I am not a relationship expert but I am decent Nigerian man so I know a lot about us. Here I will be giving heads up about some dos and don’ts you should prepare yourself for when dating or marrying a descent Nigerian man (note that I said descent Nigerian)

People go into inter racial marriages for different reasons, and like any other inter racial marriage, there will always be a cultural shock when two people with different backgrounds are in a relationship.



For you to truly show you love a Nigerian man, you need to embrace his people and cultures.

We Nigerians are everywhere, in the unexpected places you will find us. Someone once said Nigerian are like a coca cola drink, you find then everywhere, this is often because we like to travel and explore, we Nigerians call it- Hustle. This account for the reason why we have a very high interracial marriage ratio.

Nigeria is a country made up of a lot of tribes, every tribe has its own unique culture same also for the dos and don’ts

Regardless, Nigerian men have a lot in common due the fact that the Nigerian culture share some common values and ethics, and don’t get me wrong here, all Nigerian men are not the same, just like all your fingers are not equal

First don’t try to change a Nigerian man to suit your standards, while it may seems that you’re winning the race it won’t take long for him to erupt, so it’s better you learn and try to come to a compromise with his ways. We grew up in families that hold strong cultural ethics, ethics that may take you some time to understand.

To make things quite easy and lovely for you, I will be explaining the dos and don’ts in a list so you have less problem dating Nigerian men.

read the list after the cut :http://www.tlkdrum.com/the-manual-to-dating-a-nigerian-man/