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How kite flying take disappear self. I remember flying those things in festac those day

Kenobsky:
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.

Hmmm.... That's a real talent you got there. Most of us back then got most of this talent, but was just using them for fun.
I have classmate that will buy 50 to 100 pages of joter. He will drew two ninja or fighters from page 1 till page 100 fighting in different styles like swinging swords or throwing punches till one will kill the other at the end. After finish drawing them, if he wants to show you. He will say pay #1 to watch film, and when he starts flipping the pages one after the other, it will be like a real fight scene. Fighters exchanging blows and swords. Honestly some people are talented

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

Suwe nah hopscotch now.

Lukuluku69:
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 is called íkómō or clipped to Kótō in Yoruba Language.

Lolz! But you have kids nah. I had my first child at 25, he will be 21 by September which ultimately is also my birth month.
Like this I have finish having children.
God bless with 3 wonderful and perfect children of 2 boys and a girl. The last born a girl will be 17 next month. So in some years from now, na grandpa I don turn o lolz

barajo1:
Where is rubber ring playing

Lolz! That wan too dey o

iwaeda:
Some Ajegunle people from Alayabiagba, Nosamu, Agohausa, Boundary, Baale are here. Back flip on sand.

Hahahaha, chai.... One of my childhood regrets is that I don't know how to that backflip till I grew up

dododawa1:
i blamed








BUHARI and TINUBU

Shebi, continue blaming them o

uglodoh:
You did not mention
1 Suwe onirin ( using umbrella iron to play and there was one with chicken feather put into a pen case )
2 Mopuyo ( you make a heap of sand and put a small broom on top and one another to remove the sand bits by bits. The person that falls the broom would be beaten.
3 won kii pe le meta
4 There was one you dig a hole and put agbalumo seeds. You use a bigger agbalumo seeds to bring them out. The person that could bring out the greater number of seeds wins the game
5 jampudule dupule ( do not know the real pronunciation)

Chai.... You don scatter my head finish.
In Suwe's case I mentioned it that there's different ways to play it which includes the umbrella and feather you mentioned.
But you see those no 2,3 and 4 you just mention, I rmbr them all. Won kii pe le meta chai... And that removing of sands little by little. Come see where we go dey pinch the sand from our side small small...... Hahahaha

Kalulu44:
Lolz! But you have kids nah. I had my first child at 25, he will be 21 by September which ultimately is also my birth month.
Like this I have finish having children.
God bless with 3 wonderful and perfect children of 2 boys and a girl. The last born a girl will be 17 next month. So in some years from now, na grandpa I don turn o lolz

May the Good Lord keep them for you, bless them and make them coolness of the eyes for you.(Amen)

Baba we don old oo

Ol’boy, I play well well o! See the games we played in the early to late 80s.

11. KPAKIN: shooting udara (agbalumo) seeds into holes by flicking fingers at the seeds from a distance.
12. KALO KALO: street slot machine played by depositing udara seeds into a perforated kpangolo (Milo can) and spinning it with the aim of winning seeds that fall out.
13. EGUNGUN: played around Christmas, were children moved about in masquerade dance/musical groups to sing funny and vulgar songs while the masquerade dances in demonstration of the songs’ lyrics.
14. BORIS CARTS: making and riding carts built with wood planks, ball bearings (boris), bucket handles, etc.
15. FLUTE: challenging each other to play familiar tunes.
16. WORDING (yabis): making jest of each other with funny and vulgar tropes. Parents were not left out. Eg., Your-mama jokes.
17. EGBON: kids entered verbal contracts in Pidgin English to own whatever they can hit out of each other’s hands, with the exception of things belonging to parents, other adults, or siblings. Dis one go make you cry and become enraged with vengeance.
18. SCORE and KEEP: football played with one goal post, one goal keeper and 4 or more players. Whoever dribbles the others and scores becomes the new goalie…LOL.
19. POPI! YES!: Played when one person wearing a blindfold yells out “POPI” while seeking for and reaching to touch others who respond with “Yes?”, all within in a small space. Care must be taken not to be misled by mischievous ones towards the gutter.

All the games names are same we called them in Benin in the early 90s, you just put me and my wife for memory lane this evening... God bless you for making us smile after a long day at work

Kalulu44:
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

obyikye:
Good day too. The children are fine and almost done with university.
How are you Sir/Ma? Hope you and your family are doing great....

Poster forgot to add,. I wrote a letter to my friend, I don't know where I lost it, some of you might pick it up and put into your pocket .......

Lolz! Thanks for reminding me of that

Kalulu44:
Hahahaha, chai.... One of my childhood regrets is that I don't know how to that backflip till I grew up

You see that Back flip and gymnastics dey fear me pass fear!

The only regret I have about my childhood is not learning how to ride a bike considering the fact that I have a zillion opportunity to learn but the fear of falling and injuries just stood in the way.

woky:
I hope you're not depressed

Help me ask am o!

Kenobsky:
Those guys who know how to dance Ten Ten normally behaved like Barney's.
Me I love that boju boju I still have a scar on my right eye as a result of object thrown on my face die to rough play hide and seek.
Those of us born in the 70s and 80s can tell you better,that's when Yoruba ellites organized traditional parties every weekend with all manner of foods available.
Life began to deterriote in the year 1999 and ended with Islamic shari'a law in 2000 to those of us who grow in the north.

Honestly, you're really spot on with saying life began to deteriorate from 1999. That was when I left secondary school. Till I finish secondary school, I didn't have a girlfriend nor have time for girls.
I was surprised when a JS2 boy living in the same compound with us told me in 2000 that why he didn't go to school on a certain Monday was bcus he didn't iron his school uniform. I told him but it doesn't matter, and he shocked me with saying "Bros, shey I want make him girlfriend see say him uniform rough" guy I won't lie to you, I didn't say anything again, I just shook my head and left him.

You forgot playing rubber band either with
..you put your rubber into kerosene to make it swell( we call it kpata nla) back in the days.

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4. Kite Flying.
Majority of us and including genz knows this play, no need to elaborate on it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

EmmyMaestro:
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

Lolz! Don't mind those bros and aunties claiming mama and papa, and using us as their children. They were doing the real thing behind our back hahahaha.

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.

Chai..... E don do o, see memories o. Tire rolling, monkey post and all. Where I am now, I watch guys playing street football (monkey post). They starts by 5pm, and before 6:30pm they're all tired.
We that played from 4pm, sometime 3pm till night will send us home.
On Saturdays sef we play both morning and nights without getting tired. Why bcus, we don't waste our strengths on women like guys of nowadays

MeetDx:
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.

Hahahaha, no be lie

Josywhyte:
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

Hahahaha, that using slippers to remove bands dey sweet winners and vex losers eh! Especially when somebody used his first attempt to sweep every rubber out in the circle.
Remind me of that "canter ball" I think I forgotten about it

We wey fit roll tire for 2hrs.we also play rubber like kilode

amaridigital:
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.

Mehn! You are the second person that talked about life changing from 2000 down till now and I agree wholeheartedly.
Imagine I finish my secondary schooling in 1999 without thinking of girls or girlfriend.
And I was surprised when a JS2 boy living in our compound didn't go to school on a certain Monday. I asked him what happened and he said bcus he didn't iron his uniform. I said ok, it's good to be neat to school but it doesn't matter, he can still go to school like that and he shocked me with his reply.
He said "bros, shey you want make my girlfriend see say my uniform rough" omoh, I didn't say anything again o. I just left him shaking my head. Imagine a JS2 boy as at then having a girlfriend.

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

Lolz! Bad guy, you no need to tell us the type of matter, we already know.
Na so some of those senior bros them using us as children in their mama and papa play, take dey run real things behind us then hahahaha

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...

Lolz! Free am nah make him reminicse about him childhood days.
Honestly, I have to confess that sometimes I still feel like a young boy.

olioxx:
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



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

Hmmm... You are lucky enough to play it with older guys. Just like the older guys in our time used us as children in their mama and papa play, and running things behind our back lolz

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

Lolz! Leave my Mariangeles o, I told her same

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

Remember, you're judged by how you judged.

Did he judge somebody, I didn't see that in his post

judewrites:
Oh, I remember.

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

Hmmm.... women hardly forget sha

Ah! So that's where it all began. I apologise on both of you behalf

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

judewrites apologize and let it go

Felabrity:
Everybody dey press phone now

Lolz! No be lie

judewrites:
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 🤔

True that, Mariangeles I believe with this he has learned his mistake for calling you childish