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Kalulu44:
E enter front page bcus e make sense. And God bless the mod for those pictures wey dem help me attached

Mariangeles don tell you the one wey she like? 🤔

You forgot to add Mama and Papa play.



Most of the girls that played it with us later grew up and started playing hard to get

Hide and seek, tyre rolling, street football with monkey post, kite flying, Police and thief with toy guns, catcher, rubber band catapult, tree fruit plucking, Micheal Jackson dance steps, etc.

Childhood was really fun in the 80/90s

Things have really changed this Internet/AI age.

Omoawoke:
That’s why the kids of 80s and 90s had the best life

It was all enjoying family time and real quality time… life was calmer and days were longer.. memories were more beautiful and authentic

If you know the mental damage what social media is causing, you will feel sorry for kids born into Instagram reels and TikTok
They don’t have real memories to hold on to because the constant reels and TikTok. Videos keep interacting with original memories to create fake memories in the head… because you can spend an entire day watching non stop reels and short skits and the entire week, month and year is gone without real memories and connections

It’s such a pathetic time

If you think I’m lying, go and check the recent lawsuit that meta and other social media platforms are facing for causing mental damage to people with their addictive reels

Hmmm... True that

Kalulu44:
If you witness or participated in any of these childhood Plays I am about to list out then I have to tell you Good evening and happy Sunday Sir/Ma, how is the children and if possible grandchildren?
To have witness or participated in them means you must be in your late 30s, 40s, 50s and above.
Without wasting much time, let me dig into the plays.
.
1. Boju Boju. (Hide and Seek)
This play is derived from Yoruba meaning covering your eyes.
This play is started by covering one person's eyes and they sang the "Boju Boju" song while other kids scampered and runs to hide.
The person's eyes is eventually opened and is mandated to start looking for others at their hiding place, anyone he or she caught, he screamed for others to know he has caught someone, that person caught will replace him and the circle continues.
One of the favorite plays of kids back then.
.
2. Ten Ten (10/10).
This play is played by two people who faced each other, and starts clapping singing ten ten. One person starts the singing and clapping, at the end of the singing that person swings out his or her right leg or left leg, the other person too swings out his or her own. If the other person's swing legs correspond with the initiator's own then he has won and will take over from the initiator and 1 point will be counted for him or her.
But if he fails, then 1 point will be counted for the initiator. It goes on and on till they're tired or one of them whose scores is low get replaced by another person.
Another favorite play especially among girls.
.
3. Suwe.
I don't know which tribe originated it but, it still sound Yoruba to me. Growing up in Lagos and a Yoruba land, I guess it belongs to them.
This play is played by drawing a huge line of up to 10 metres and then ruling them into boxes of to 10 or more.
It's played by 2 or more people. For a start, you throw a seed or visible object into a box, you picked up the object, and then hop over that box with one leg. You continue hopping with one leg on all the boxes till the end. If you get to the end without falling, matching any of the lines, then you have won yourself a box as a house, which you then inscribe your name or signature. No other person can throw object or step on that house, if they do they have failed and the circle continues until all the boxes are owned. Who owned the majority boxes/house is declared the winner. This play is also played in multiple ways too.
.
4. Kite Flying.
Majority of us and including genz knows this play, no need to elaborate on it.
.
5. Who Sabi Swim Water.
I doubt if many people across the country knows this play.
It's played by 5 or more people standing beside each other at a straight line, and another same amount of people standing opposite them, then they stretched out their hands and hold each other tightly.
One person will go back and jumped into the waiting hands while everyone sang "who sabi swim water" the person jumping into the waiting hands will respond "I sabi swim water" and others chorus "show me how to swim water" he then jumps into the hands and start mimicking swimming.
.
6. Koso.
Another play I don't know which tribe invented it, but it sounds Igbo to me.
It's played by using the cover of a pen/biro and the cover of those big radio batteries.
The cover of the battery is put untop the pen cover making it look like an umbrella.
You hold the bottom of the pen and twist it with your fingers, it starts rolling on the ground. While rolling, you systematically clips it to see if it will over turn and the head which is the battery cover will sit perfectly.
If it does, you have scored yourself a point.
.
7. My Name Sweet O!
My best of them all. This is the play I enjoyed most among all my childhood Plays.
This is played by 2 groups of 5 or more people sitting 10 metres away from each other. Each member of a group is giving a funny name by the group leader that's unknown to the other group.
Group A leader will go over to group B, cover one of it's members eyes with his two hands tightly and then call out a name from his group, who then walks to where his leader is, pinched the person whose eyes is covered on his forehead and then go back to his group and sit with others.
The person whose eyes was covered when opened will now walk to the other group to guess and identify who pinched him.
While this is going on, everybody will be singing "My name sweet o, my name sweet o sweet o, my name sweet o"
If the person guess right, he wins his group one man who will be added to his own group.
If he fails, he's added to the other group. It goes on till one group wins majority of the other group members and is declared the winner.
I so much love this play that I can't wait for night fall to organize and play it back then.
.
I will like to stop here, they're many others like Table/Paper Soccer, Building castle with sand using your legs, Rubber band play, Using thread to form things with your hands, Five Ten Fifteen to make me rich, e.t.c.
And others I can't rmbr or don't know and will like to hear from those who played it back then.
Most of if not all these childhood Plays has gone into extinction now. Our genz didn't play them and it isn't their fault, technology changed everything. But honestly, those were childhood memories and plays I don't think I will ever forget.
Note I didn't mention Whot, Ludo, Ayo, Table Tennis e.t.c. we played them too back in the days and they're still in existence till date.
Let me hear from the older generation who witness and participated in these plays, so I can know who I can be calling Sir or Ma, hahahaha.

I participated in all.

I have no grandchild/grandchildren yet perhaps because I started marital life late but they will come God willing.

Your Number 6 is called íkómō or clipped to Kótō in Yoruba Language.

Dogalmighty17:
Gen Z have no idea the kind of sweet innocence our growth as millennials was.

For where, good old days

That Koso dey sweet too! We dey use big snail shell cave am to a cone shape come dey roll am for sand dey cut and count.

I was baba for koso, suwe, kite flying back then. You forgot to add "canter ball", rubber band and slikpai kpai(using flip flop AKA slippers to remove rubber bands from a circle. Childhood was fun those days....

Omo....OP your brain dey sharp abeg

sonnie10:
Cooking outside with empty used cans . Everybody will contribute from the little they could obtain from their mother's kitchen cupboard

Lolz! No be lie, I rmbr that one too

Eniolohunda:
What about Arin! I don't know what it's called in other languages.

How is it played?

Holluwhakemmy:
Ere Osupa nko? (Moonlight game)

Hahahaha, that one sef dey. Na im born Boju Boju, my name sweet o, and some others. They're all played in the night when the moon is bright

Kalulu44:
Lolz! I used to tell my kids that they didn't have much fun like us as kids.
Among all, I no sabi do that Kite. Na person dey help me do am while I fly am lolz

Omo I need to lecture you.
I was a kite merchant,you pay for services.
I manufactures matches gun, pouch rats traps,radio box using cartons,local bands using leathers,local fans using radio motor casset players etc.
I've ever invented local satellite using radio motor on an aluminum antenna like ABG satellite and children gathers in my home to watch movies.

CJStarz:
Dat number 3 we dey call am 'Swell'. A British version of Scotch game',I guess.
Koso na my thing back then. Dey pray say make I no win you because na vex I dey take knack am on d back of the hand of my opponent as a punishment for the loss...

Those good old days.
My children missed a lot

called SQUARE

arinzos:
Kite was one of my favorite sha.
Then for Ajegunle, you would see lots of kites hanged in antenna and electric poles.

Again, most of these games were seasonal like table soccer, tennis, and those other ones.

There was a time it was back flip that was reigning then. As a guy u no sabi back flip?omo na Bleep up.

Omo, sweet old days

Omo i no go lie, I no sabi dat back flip and e dey pain me eh

YoungLionken:
"..And if possible, grandchildren" Oloshi ...

Hahahaha, yes nah. My first born a boy will be 21 by September, if by mistake him go give person pikin belle, I don be grandpa at 45 o lolz. Abi na my last child a girl wey go turn 17 next month. E no go tey too, dem go dey ask her hand for marriage

I want to say thanks to the Mod who helped me add those beautiful childhood pictures

8starmember:
I played all these games


These games sweet pass press of phone or ps2

Children no longer play beautiful games now

Na bad bad things full their head now

Gen z Children

Imagine those Bimpe, Aunty Grace of those days thinking of twerking on social media or spending money on doing yansh. Pure abomination and family disgrace. The Church and her impact on family died in the 2000's.
Those are period when people que up at cassette shops to buy latest release of Oliver De Coque and Sunny Ade. When you buy such tapes everyone in town will be asking "wetin Oliver sing, wetin sunny sing" Dem no born you dat time to release a record without deep meaningful message unlike Zazu or the stupid songs we have today. What we call secular songs of 70's era are far meaningful and uplifting than the gospel songs of today.

That woman na your lord and personal savior as at then.
God did save me as well in another way too. Way back in 1993.

CJStarz:
Hahaha.
I dey steal my mama sewing thread to do kite dat time despite d knocks wey she dey gimmie for head each time she catch me. One day my kite got hooked on a high tension on our street. Me, leave d kite? Nooo
Na so I grab d pole and start to dey climb. I was almost close to the top when our beighbour, Mama Ben, sighted me from her veranda and screaaameed at me
To cut it shortmy father gave me a serious flogging of my life that for a long time, I kept away from anything kite.

Talk true op were you grow? I dey suspect say you be Benin brought up.

Kalulu44:
If you witness or participated in any of these childhood Plays I am about to list out then I have to tell you Good evening and happy Sunday Sir/Ma, how is the children and if possible grandchildren?
To have witness or participated in them means you must be in your late 30s, 40s, 50s and above.
Without wasting much time, let me dig into the plays.
.
1. Boju Boju. (Hide and Seek)
This play is derived from Yoruba meaning covering your eyes.
This play is started by covering one person's eyes and they sang the "Boju Boju" song while other kids scampered and runs to hide.
The person's eyes is eventually opened and is mandated to start looking for others at their hiding place, anyone he or she caught, he screamed for others to know he has caught someone, that person caught will replace him and the circle continues.
One of the favorite plays of kids back then.
.
2. Ten Ten (10/10).
This play is played by two people who faced each other, and starts clapping singing ten ten. One person starts the singing and clapping, at the end of the singing that person swings out his or her right leg or left leg, the other person too swings out his or her own. If the other person's swing legs correspond with the initiator's own then he has won and will take over from the initiator and 1 point will be counted for him or her.
But if he fails, then 1 point will be counted for the initiator. It goes on and on till they're tired or one of them whose scores is low get replaced by another person.
Another favorite play especially among girls.
.
3. Suwe.
I don't know which tribe originated it but, it still sound Yoruba to me. Growing up in Lagos and a Yoruba land, I guess it belongs to them.
This play is played by drawing a huge line of up to 10 metres and then ruling them into boxes of to 10 or more.
It's played by 2 or more people. For a start, you throw a seed or visible object into a box, you picked up the object, and then hop over that box with one leg. You continue hopping with one leg on all the boxes till the end. If you get to the end without falling, matching any of the lines, then you have won yourself a box as a house, which you then inscribe your name or signature. No other person can throw object or step on that house, if they do they have failed and the circle continues until all the boxes are owned. Who owned the majority boxes/house is declared the winner. This play is also played in multiple ways too.
.
4. Kite Flying.
Majority of us and including genz knows this play, no need to elaborate on it.
.
5. Who Sabi Swim Water.
I doubt if many people across the country knows this play.
It's played by 5 or more people standing beside each other at a straight line, and another same amount of people standing opposite them, then they stretched out their hands and hold each other tightly.
One person will go back and jumped into the waiting hands while everyone sang "who sabi swim water" the person jumping into the waiting hands will respond "I sabi swim water" and others chorus "show me how to swim water" he then jumps into the hands and start mimicking swimming.
.
6. Koso.
Another play I don't know which tribe invented it, but it sounds Igbo to me.
It's played by using the cover of a pen/biro and the cover of those big radio batteries.
The cover of the battery is put untop the pen cover making it look like an umbrella.
You hold the bottom of the pen and twist it with your fingers, it starts rolling on the ground. While rolling, you systematically clips it to see if it will over turn and the head which is the battery cover will sit perfectly.
If it does, you have scored yourself a point.
.
7. My Name Sweet O!
My best of them all. This is the play I enjoyed most among all my childhood Plays.
This is played by 2 groups of 5 or more people sitting 10 metres away from each other. Each member of a group is giving a funny name by the group leader that's unknown to the other group.
Group A leader will go over to group B, cover one of it's members eyes with his two hands tightly and then call out a name from his group, who then walks to where his leader is, pinched the person whose eyes is covered on his forehead and then go back to his group and sit with others.
The person whose eyes was covered when opened will now walk to the other group to guess and identify who pinched him.
While this is going on, everybody will be singing "My name sweet o, my name sweet o sweet o, my name sweet o"
If the person guess right, he wins his group one man who will be added to his own group.
If he fails, he's added to the other group. It goes on till one group wins majority of the other group members and is declared the winner.
I so much love this play that I can't wait for night fall to organize and play it back then.
.
I will like to stop here, they're many others like Table/Paper Soccer, Building castle with sand using your legs, Rubber band play, Using thread to form things with your hands, Five Ten Fifteen to make me rich, e.t.c.
And others I can't rmbr or don't know and will like to hear from those who played it back then.
Most of if not all these childhood Plays has gone into extinction now. Our genz didn't play them and it isn't their fault, technology changed everything. But honestly, those were childhood memories and plays I don't think I will ever forget.
Note I didn't mention Whot, Ludo, Ayo, Table Tennis e.t.c. we played them too back in the days and they're still in existence till date.
Let me hear from the older generation who witness and participated in these plays, so I can know who I can be calling Sir or Ma, hahahaha.

We use boju boju run matter tire that year, sweet childhood memories

Kalulu44:
Lolz! I used to tell my kids that they didn't have much fun like us as kids.
Among all, I no sabi do that Kite. Na person dey help me do am while I fly am lolz

hmmmm na you think am like that oh it's fun if money dey okay no use this time fun compare those days it's just that it might not be as interactive as then

judewrites:
Hide and seek, tyre rolling, street football with monkey post, kite flying, Police and thief with toy guns, catcher, rubber band catapult, tree fruit plucking, Micheal Jackson dance steps, etc.

Childhood was really fun in the 80/90s

Things have really changed this Internet/AI age.

It's safe to conclude that you're an adult with the mentality of a child, I guess.

Look at you being all giddy...

Kalulu44:
If you witness or participated in any of these childhood Plays I am about to list out then I have to tell you Good evening and happy Sunday Sir/Ma, how is the children and if possible grandchildren?
To have witness or participated in them means you must be in your late 30s, 40s, 50s and above.
Without wasting much time, let me dig into the plays.
.
1. Boju Boju. (Hide and Seek)
This play is derived from Yoruba meaning covering your eyes.
This play is started by covering one person's eyes and they sang the "Boju Boju" song while other kids scampered and runs to hide.
The person's eyes is eventually opened and is mandated to start looking for others at their hiding place, anyone he or she caught, he screamed for others to know he has caught someone, that person caught will replace him and the circle continues.
One of the favorite plays of kids back then.
.
2. Ten Ten (10/10).
This play is played by two people who faced each other, and starts clapping singing ten ten. One person starts the singing and clapping, at the end of the singing that person swings out his or her right leg or left leg, the other person too swings out his or her own. If the other person's swing legs correspond with the initiator's own then he has won and will take over from the initiator and 1 point will be counted for him or her.
But if he fails, then 1 point will be counted for the initiator. It goes on and on till they're tired or one of them whose scores is low get replaced by another person.
Another favorite play especially among girls.
.
3. Suwe.
I don't know which tribe originated it but, it still sound Yoruba to me. Growing up in Lagos and a Yoruba land, I guess it belongs to them.
This play is played by drawing a huge line of up to 10 metres and then ruling them into boxes of to 10 or more.
It's played by 2 or more people. For a start, you throw a seed or visible object into a box, you picked up the object, and then hop over that box with one leg. You continue hopping with one leg on all the boxes till the end. If you get to the end without falling, matching any of the lines, then you have won yourself a box as a house, which you then inscribe your name or signature. No other person can throw object or step on that house, if they do they have failed and the circle continues until all the boxes are owned. Who owned the majority boxes/house is declared the winner. This play is also played in multiple ways too.
.
4. Kite Flying.
Majority of us and including genz knows this play, no need to elaborate on it.
.
5. Who Sabi Swim Water.
I doubt if many people across the country knows this play.
It's played by 5 or more people standing beside each other at a straight line, and another same amount of people standing opposite them, then they stretched out their hands and hold each other tightly.
One person will go back and jumped into the waiting hands while everyone sang "who sabi swim water" the person jumping into the waiting hands will respond "I sabi swim water" and others chorus "show me how to swim water" he then jumps into the hands and start mimicking swimming.
.
6. Koso.
Another play I don't know which tribe invented it, but it sounds Igbo to me.
It's played by using the cover of a pen/biro and the cover of those big radio batteries.
The cover of the battery is put untop the pen cover making it look like an umbrella.
You hold the bottom of the pen and twist it with your fingers, it starts rolling on the ground. While rolling, you systematically clips it to see if it will over turn and the head which is the battery cover will sit perfectly.
If it does, you have scored yourself a point.
.
7. My Name Sweet O!
My best of them all. This is the play I enjoyed most among all my childhood Plays.
This is played by 2 groups of 5 or more people sitting 10 metres away from each other. Each member of a group is giving a funny name by the group leader that's unknown to the other group.
Group A leader will go over to group B, cover one of it's members eyes with his two hands tightly and then call out a name from his group, who then walks to where his leader is, pinched the person whose eyes is covered on his forehead and then go back to his group and sit with others.
The person whose eyes was covered when opened will now walk to the other group to guess and identify who pinched him.
While this is going on, everybody will be singing "My name sweet o, my name sweet o sweet o, my name sweet o"
If the person guess right, he wins his group one man who will be added to his own group.
If he fails, he's added to the other group. It goes on till one group wins majority of the other group members and is declared the winner.
I so much love this play that I can't wait for night fall to organize and play it back then.
.
I will like to stop here, they're many others like Table/Paper Soccer, Building castle with sand using your legs, Rubber band play, Using thread to form things with your hands, Five Ten Fifteen to make me rich, e.t.c.
And others I can't rmbr or don't know and will like to hear from those who played it back then.
Most of if not all these childhood Plays has gone into extinction now. Our genz didn't play them and it isn't their fault, technology changed everything. But honestly, those were childhood memories and plays I don't think I will ever forget.
Note I didn't mention Whot, Ludo, Ayo, Table Tennis e.t.c. we played them too back in the days and they're still in existence till date.
Let me hear from the older generation who witness and participated in these plays, so I can know who I can be calling Sir or Ma, hahahaha.

Believe me... Technology did a lot of damage. These games made us bond so much. No unnecessary envy, strifes or quarrels.

The love was purely organic. We're still in touch with most of our friends but our children are not bonding. WhatsApp and X can never replace the joy of childhood we had in the 80s and 90s.

This genz generation have missed too much. They have been cheated by phones. No discipline, no fun, no real plays order than chats and porn... E ti miss ju. O ma se o. Wish those days will come back.

My heart is heavy as I type, even as an adult.... I long for those days again. Is this how we get serious till will all grow old? Are adulthood and technology not scams indeed?

occfx:
Na phone spoil genz.

Believe me that many GenZs played that game. Or should I say Pre 2003 GenZs

Of particular mention is that After round one, I always picked FIVE and I too slap hands oo.

Then you see [b]HIDE AND SEEK[b/] omoh a lot of atrocities were committed with that game. Bad boys use am doing crazy things.

Then this one that we do then was knock on someone's door and run away, but when they caught me and one other guy, we helped the woman wash plate LOL

Capernum:
This genz generation have missed too much. They have been cheated by phones.

I am GenZ and I played 5 out of those games.
Well I can confidently say Pre 2003 GenZs still played some of those games, I played it with my little sister and some older GenZ while growing up

Mariangeles:
It's safe to conclude that you're an adult with the mentality of a child, I guess.

Look at you being all giddy...

Why the unfair judgement?

Isn't this post for reminiscing?

Yes I am an adult , but I was once a child, I didn't fall from space.

Na wa o

judewrites:
Why the unfair judgement?

Isn't this post for reminiscing?

Yes I am an adult , but I was once a child, I didn't fall from space.

Na wa o

Now, it's an "unfair judgement"?
Yet, you had no problem judging someone the same.

Remember, you're judged by how you judged.

Mariangeles:
Now, it's an "unfair judgement"?
Yet, you had no problem judging someone the same.

Remember, you're judged by how you judged.

Oh, I remember.

Because I termed you childish on your post on ice cream 🍦??

Hmmm.... women hardly forget sha

judewrites:
Oh, I remember.

Because I termed you childish on your post on ice cream 🍦??

Hmmm.... women hardly forget sha

We're all childish after all, I guess.
You included.

Everybody dey press phone now

Mariangeles:
We're all childish after all, I guess.
You included.

Well, sometimes it's good to be occasionally young in heart, the pressures of Nigeria can drive one into hypertension because of too much thinking 🤔

Capernum:
Believe me... Technology did a lot of damage. These games made us bond so much. No unnecessary envy, strifes or quarrels.

The love was purely organic. We're still in touch with most of our friends but our children are not bonding. WhatsApp and X can never replace the joy of childhood we had in the 80s and 90s.

This genz generation have missed too much. They have been cheated by phones. No discipline, no fun, no real plays order than chats and porn... E ti miss ju. O ma se o. Wish those days will come back.

My heart is heavy as I type, even as an adult.... I long for those days again. Is this how we get serious till will all grow old? Are adulthood and technology not scams indeed?

Mehn! You have said it all. Phones and technology really take many things away from us. The friendship and bond we had back then was real and organic. Our parents will be quarreling with other parents, wetin concern we the children. Na them adults palava, we their children play among ourselves like kilode.
Honestly I missed those days, life wasn't that hard like now. You hardly hear kidnapping, killings and many crimes going on now.
Not that they're no crimes then, but not as pronounced and rampant like now

Coly2012:
Talk true op were you grow? I dey suspect say you be Benin brought up.

Lolz! I no be Benin brought up. I be confirmed Lagosian. Though my kids mama is from Benin and I birth my first child there.
Stayed in Benin for 4yrs, 2002-2006 and relocated back to Lagos