₦airaland Forum

4words:
You just succeeded in showing how shallow minded you are.

First on the issue of suicide, definitely depression is a serious issue and its everywhere, but do you really want to compare the rates?

Nigerians as a whole are loud people because of our tendency to socialise easily whether you from the SW, SE, SS or N we are just a people that want to relate on different level, so if that's being loud then yes we are and we ain't sorry for it as there is nothing bad in being loud.

Lol my mentality is still under the rock you say?, just because I refuse to throw away my culture, the same way the Indiana people of America have refused to let go of their culture, the chinese, the Indian, the Japanese etc all still hold on to their culture but for you'll to regard Nigerians as human we must all forgo our culture and start living like the American and Europeans right?

Very funny souls.

RedPanthar:
This made my day. I laughed loud reading this comment.


Immunity to chemicals and stuffs. Lol


Thattallgirl come and laugh too

Caracta:
One day, I had my two small wraps of fufu and vegetable soup with assorted meat, and my friends were legit scared for me. They were like, "do you want to die? How can you eat all of that?" They think we do things at the extreme...eating, talking, dancing, playing, etc.

HappyCanadian:
I live in Canada, I mostly do not accept I am a Nigerian when I know saying that will hinder me from getting something (u know what I mean) Most African nationalities here and few Canadians see Nigerians as scammers, criminals and sometimes refer to us as kidnappers/boko haram. Some African guys here have so much negative mindset about Nigeria.

So I do not even accept I am Nigerian in the first place..

etrange:
Lol... you guys are really funny. The two expressions might mean the same thing but there's a slight difference. Let me explain on a lighter note:

When one says something is not uncommon, the emphasy is on the fact that it is very common as against what people might believe. In other words, the expression "not uncommon" means "contrary to popular belief, they are common". But when one just says something is common, the emphasy is on that thing being discussed and not necessarily on any contrary belief. So I used the expression "not uncommon" as a way to emphatically invalidate or disprove the general belief that people out there always know one or two things about Nigeria. It was a carefully chosen choice of words, I wasn't just playing around. Nevertheless, sorry for any headache caused.

ultimateprof:
Teacher don't teach me nonsense.

yungchop:
Boss can you help me aaquire a work permit over there? Money is not my problem and I don't want to go through the student route

yungchop:
Bros, US or Canada, how do I get in apart from student route? I'm ready to leave by January bro

chachanga:
Prince Edward Island Canada, largely white, strongly Christian Baptist but with tenacious appreciation of diversity and an awakening fascination with multiculturalism, it's been sublime wearing off almost to the boringly plaid. Everyone largely buggers off minding their business till you tick them off and still get lightly brushed off.
Racism if at all, gets nervously passed across in well-couched in awkward humor or deference.

Being largely surrounded by water, relaxation by way of tourism revolves around more waterside attractions for me though its friggin' cold here, single digit heading to zero for a bit now infact.

You get peeps here who largely don't know and couldn't give a flippin crap where you're from until you start chilling together and you tell them experiences and realities from here and they start acting like you're from a real-life wakanda or something. And that's a real blessing considering that the stench of Nigeria's shitty rep hasn't preceded one here as with other places. And thank God say boys neva reach here to begin dey show dem pepper and you'd hardly hear say anyone be yahoo-yahoo victim. I do thanksgiving for that everyday that I'm not getting heavily stereotyped and hanged socially for some other id1ots crimes.

Covid-19 Work-From-Home adjustments have introduced some interestingly new dynamics into life here in one being more house-bound than before.

One other interesting thing's all the Band-8 IELTS wahala left me with a somewhat anticlimatic aftertaste because I've only been using structured English at work, social interactions have been quite normal with commonplace lingo that shouldn't have given any intending immigrant any bothers in wondering whether they'd fit in well or not. If you won't mind the cold but are seriously passionate about better choices and options for your future, come over.

Another thing I've noticed that's ticked me off about some fellow Africans here is the alice n wonderland mentality they carry which makes them erroneously assume that here is already so ok that the next best thing we should henceforth engage ourselves with is settle somewhere on the rat-race ladder, start earning, earning, buying stuff to fit in and repeat that cycle endlessly enough to go back to Naija and build a couple of houses and be landlord, pftt.

I see myself making valuable contributions to their way of life especially starting from the presently badly hit tourism industry where I function here in the nearest future. Africa currently holds the keys to their lack of mysteries and that is a big market waiting to be tapped into.

By and large, life here's a hundred times better than staying back in Nigeria practically battling against Govt's negative policies heating up everywhere socioeconomically and diminishing your best entrepreneurial efforts while paid lackeys like that Lai Mohammed still has the effrontery to spin lies to the contrary.

Hypnotise:
I'm in Dublin, Ireland and the people here are cool and friendly

lordally:
Hello please do you have any idea about life in Poland I'm currently in Nigeria ...but hopefully I should be relocating next year

Zaggie:
Many of the Polish people are not racists. They believed all African men have big gbola and sex is free in Africa. They believe it's natural for African men to last an hour or more during sex. They still have some funny stereotypic ideas about Africans, some of them still think Africans live in the forests,that is why many of them find it hard to believe me when I tell them that I saw lions,wolves and elephants for the first time in my life here in Warsaw! They don't even know if there's any country called Nigeria, either you're from Somalia,Zimbabwe or Rwanda, all they know is you're an African.
A big challenge here is that Polish government didn't have any plans to integrate the Africans into the Polish society. There are no projects by the government to help in this integration process, unlike what Germany and UAE is doing at the moment. The African community here in Poland are simply on their own. We learn what we learn,and achieve what we achieve just on our own. There is little or no recognition of our presence here whatsoever. Even after securing a working permit, most companys still demand an attestation letter from your consulate.
I work in a concrete manufacturing company. In my company, they believe I don't have to wear safety gadget before entering the plant because I'm an African, they believe I have a natural immunity to acid and chemical inhalation. They believe we are naturally strong and we shouldn't care about our health.
Incidentally, the African community will for ever remain here in Poland. We will continue to grow in numbers. Many good ones will keep arriving every year.
If you have a valid residency or a working permit here, and you don't pass your boundaries, if you don't beat chest or involve in any illegalities,generally Polish are friendly.

PuZZyNegro:
It's a one off thing and it's strictly by invitation. To be selected, you must be a social media manager managing several Facebook pages and ad account.

Udodiri01:
Here in Australia, I tell my colleagues what they want to hear... The belief Africa is a country, we still live in huts, wild animals like lion and leopard roam the streets... Etc
On my own, I no de disappoint... Seee stories wey I de give them during lunch breaks and they look on their faces. Eg of my stories wit a little of that holiwood Zulu accent... How my grand father killed a lion with just a fabricated weapon, how we used to treak very long distance to go to school, how my cousin had to pay bride price by receiving 300 strokes of flogging, how we were initiated into the masquerade cult plus requirements and funny tasks, how girls use to walk around naked until they are married, how my mom had 10 kids, how ur wealth is calculated by yams and wifes, how we wrestle during moonlights and how my brother defeated the undefeated champion, how we used to go to the forest to hunt and gather wild fruit, how we used local aphrodisiac and had erection for days... Etc with funny names attached to my characters. I de plan to begin charg them

Yaks02:
Then try Poland, it's easier to get a working visa

Udodiri01:
Here in Australia, I tell my colleagues what they want to hear... The belief Africa is a country, we still live in huts, wild animals like lion and leopard roam the streets... Etc
On my own, I no de disappoint... Seee stories wey I de give them during lunch breaks and they look on their faces. Eg of my stories wit a little of that holiwood Zulu accent... How my grand father killed a lion with just a fabricated weapon, how we used to treak very long distance to go to school, how my cousin had to pay bride price by receiving 300 strokes of flogging, how we were initiated into the masquerade cult plus requirements and funny tasks, how girls use to walk around naked until they are married, how my mom had 10 kids, how ur wealth is calculated by yams and wifes, how we wrestle during moonlights and how my brother defeated the undefeated champion, how we used to go to the forest to hunt and gather wild fruit, how we used local aphrodisiac and had erection for days... Etc with funny names attached to my characters. I de plan to begin charg them

kopite:
Currently I live and work in Tunisia (Offshore Mediterranean Sea). The people here love Nigerians and they tell you of their love for Okocha, Kanu and Yekini, babangida and some other footballers that have played for Esperence of Tunis and few others in other clubs in Tunisia.
Since its a multinational setting, the British guys and some Europeans that live in Thailand or Indonasia always talk about the email scam jobs from Shell they receive from Nigeria. Our brothers and their drug business and south east asia. Its embarassing but I laugh it off. Its really a bad image some of us have sold abroad but doesn't make us all bad. I defend our position regardless.
Tunisia is a nice north african country and the people are accomodating but poor economy due to corrupt politicians just like our Nigeria. I noticed some problems we have is called AFRICA. Nonetheless, you still have lots of international students from other africa coming to school here in Tunis.
The RCCG church is filled with students from other african countries and few indigenes. Nice holiday resorts in Sousse and gulf of Hammamet. Nigerians are accepted here......come if like but get a good job or else, you go cheechomchin.

Yaks02:
I hope u are giving them hot hot with your big gbola too

Yaks02:
I got pages too
Put me on

hector:
Nice. Please how can I get a good job there.? What skill set or profession can get me a good job in Tunisia, mbok I need your reply.

etrange:
To start with, the city where I live is considered to be the most diverse city in the world. Virtually everyone is from somewhere. In such a place, people are addressed based on their content and not based on where they are from or their accent. The truth is, we all have read or heard many things about one another's country (both good and bad) and we have also met both good and terrible people from the same country. So we know better than to stereotype people. To be honest, most of my experience has been in the corporate environment but I strongly believe the city is way too diverse for Nigerians to be singled out nevertheless.

To answer the OP more directly, everyone knows I'm Nigerian at my place of work cause we normally spend a lot of time talking about our home countries and no one has ever reacted in an unruly manner towards me on learning I'm from Nigeria even as I'm the only African in the organisation (my office is in another city).

Yaks02:
Email me

Perfectbeing:
You like correcting people but hate correction. How typical

maursatt:
I am based in España ��, the people here know of Nigeria because of the influx of migrants from Africa and the atrocities from our brother on drugs. Above all they don't give a Bleep to where you are from but it becomes relevant when our boys are in the news for the wrong reasons. Here Nigerians are too loud, but they don't give a Bleep every man on his own.

yungchop:
My nairaland PM has stopped working, drop a mail let me contact you

PuZZyNegro:
Facebook has to invite you if they consider you qualified to participate in the study. I didn't invite myself.

tiptoe1:
you're right.

Yaks02:
Email me