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now that part i'll keep to myself.
hahaha

lol
in fact, im the baby of the family.

who told you i have sisters? na lie!

which amaka? lol
hope you aren't talking about me, just to be sure.

@ plat
i refuse to reply to that silly thread. lol
i like Munachi's dress too, but are you sure your bosoms aren't too big for that kind of thing? or your arse too? lolol
beyonce wore something similar to that a while back, just that it had a tail at the back.
i don't know how expensive it is, doesn't look cheap.

https://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/nm_beyonce_090615_ssv.jpg

haven't been able to listen to him in a while; too heartbroken.
on a Michael Jackson music and music video marathon.
I LOVED THAT MAN!!!! WHY DID HE LEAVE ME?!?!
@ topic
Michael Jackson
all his greatest hits and my favs!

neily:
The issue is the mentality of the people, they feel the western culture is preferable than theirs. It didn't start today but during colonial rule. The reason musicians are still singing in their native languages is because of the older people who are not learned yet. Think of 100 yrs frm now will they still sing in their native languages?

[quote author=Anne_Marie link=topic=372359.msg5202858#msg5202858 date=1262023756]Our so-called ettiquette is killing us,importing foreign culture into our land is not doing any good to our culture.You can imagine a Nigerian eating eba and egusi soup with fork and knife(just because a white man eats rice and chicken with fork and knife),its very wrong and its as inappropriate as eating amala and ewedu  soup with a chopstick.[/quote]YESSS OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Lacrisma:
Fork and Knife yes---- for hygenic reasons but CHOP STICKS KE ?

UHMMM, NO!
has anyone died from this "hygenic" flaw? come on!! people were doing this in the stone age, did they die? whats wrong with eating with your hands if you have washed them beforehand?

i wanna see!!

now everyone is saying chicken and rice

ReachRich:
Jollof rice,fried plantain & fried chicken with a cool pack of 5alive.Chaiiiiii.Infact i'm eating this 2morow.

that sounds so good!

suala:
hmm
Definitely jollof rice and bbq chicken.

i forgot to add BBQ Chicken but i still file that under "Chicken" anyway.
well i already said i like Chicken any way its prepared, but i LOVE LOVE LOVE BBQ!!!
haven't had any in a while. thanks for the reminder.

ifedy:
Is music the only part of culture, there are other parts of culture,

yeah you're right but music is more basic. other things you need facts to prove.
so i really don't know what to tell you on that one.
i don't know much about these other countries, feel free to share!! lol

Princek12:
Amaka, I don't know you started listening to Naija music, but I really doubt the sound will change to being like American. The reason is that the first generation of contemporary Naija music, mid 90s to early 2000s sounded like American, like it was almost a clone of American music, and it flopped heavily, locally and internationally. Nigerians did not embrace and, of course, foreigners did not embrace it also. Later, artists started using more indigenous beats heavily laced with pidgin and mostly Yoruba and sometimes Ibo, and the music has now become popular because of its authenticity.

So I doubt that artists will revert back to a style--the American style-- that have been proven not to work. That will be plain silly, and Nigerians are not that silly. Also can you name specifically 3 popular artists that you think their song sounds too American.

really? interesting.
okay i hear you. maybe you're right.

all of this MTV and their nonsense is poisoning Nigeria.
even about 8 months ago i was thinking about how Mnet Africa shows a lot of shows from the US.
i even heard another cable provider was showing shows like Real World and Real and Chance of Love or something like that.
all i could think was "WTF DOES THIS CRAP HAVE TO DO WITH NIGERIA AND WHY ARE THEY POISONING OUR PEOPLE?"
even shows like Big Brother Africa have followed suit in that disgusting habit.

so like i said, TV in Nigeria is heavily western influenced and the music seems to be turning that way too.
we are surely doomed.

I'll give Nigeria and a lot of African Countries 30 years before you start seeing people that were born and raised their whole life in Nigeria but can't speak their own tongue (I'm guilty and i can't speak my own tongue but i was born here in the states and never picked up the language when spoken to me as a child)
some of our prized traditions might be looked at as "Wrong" and some people stop practicing it because its not what the west is doing.
even my mom was telling me a month or so that the pastor in our church in the village said our Oghu or Ogwu culture was wrong and demonic (our festive celebration during rainy season where the boys wear white and dance for money while masquerades fill the place. lasts usually 45 days) and that its against our religion. can you believe that shizz? he brings his imported Christianity and tries to wipe out the culture and traditions that were existing LONG before Mr. Whitey came with his bible. Yes I'm a Christian but there are times where i will draw the line.
everyone was signing the petition to get him out of our church and i think they are still looking for a new pastor.
rubbish man.

well that was my 2 cents! lol

Princek12:
Amaka, I beg to differ. While you are right that some Naija artists do make music that sounds like the Western style, the most successful ones usually use, say Yoruba and Pidgin and Ibo, to communicate on their songs. I really don't think Naija Music generally sounds too American; most of them have a distinct style that is now being a patently Naija tune.

well with all the new recent naija artist ive been hearing, it's only a matter of time before that becomes the new style (well i hope not) but so many of them feel they have to "be like americans" to sell music and i hate that crap.
i wanna keep it alive though and not let all this new useless people change the face of naija music for me.
thats the only way i really identify with it. I LOVE IT THE WAY IT IS!! if it starts sounding too much like american crap, it just becomes the same old thing to me. nothing authentic. nothing that will make me wanna show my friends and say "this is some naija ish right here" lol

ifedy:
I know but tell me how many african countries u ve seen that preserved their culture than nigeria

in TV and a lot of naija music it is heavily western influenced.
i think naija is on the same boat as a lot of these countries you're talking about.

sweetpie23:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=profile;u=450216

she is really pretty.

lol @ the acceptance speech.

yes i think we are just loud, doesn't really mean we are angry.
my mom is guilty of this and sooooooooooooooooooo many other Nigerians are guilty of this too.
they are SOOOOOOOO EFFING LOUD when talking on the phone, especially when calling back home.
doesn't mean they are angry, they are just loud.

lol @ The Sly stealing my pic and my food!

so which one am i? hmmmmmm. . .  

did i tell you how im a big horror movie fan? i just love scary movies.
but im more into classic scary movies like Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th
i like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. i love all of the Saw's
but to me the scary movies nowadays are more of people being possessed by spirits or someone haunting them. i liked it more back then where there was an actual killer going around to kill people in movies. those had me more on the edge of my seat, more suspense filled.
but anyway
@ topic
The Eyes
The Day of the Dead

*good movies*

the 22 people that said Lagos are lying out of their arses!! 
probably just some proud Lagosians or some people that were raised or currently living in Lagos that want to be patriotic to Lagos. lol 
everyone that has 2 eyes knows that Calabar is more beautiful.
but yes Lagos is more commercial and more where the money and business is at.

but the question was which city is more beautiful? not which city is more economical. lol

apocalypse:
@THE.AMAKA : I think it came out all wrong , I meant it as a joke and not an affront ( only goes to show my sense of humor is whacked ) . True , I can be an asshole but this time am not tryin to be one.

Thanks for the sympathy though.

ohhh okay then.
you're welcome.

**when replying your post i wasnt even aware you were the same person from the other thread, didn't even cross my mind. lol**

OHHHHHHHHHH I FINALLY REMEMBERED NOW!!!
I'll make this my last post. lol

[size=30pt]FRENCH FRIES!!![/size]
i can probably eat this three times a day. but not just any kind the crispy ones that are thin and just sooo damn good!!
i love them with ketchup or sometimes i like to dip my french fries in a special "dessert" (dessert withheald cause some might find it disgusting. lol)

https://www.drugbuyers.com/freeboard/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/15303/filename/14265-frozen-french-fries-1.jpg

https://www.officialpsds.com/images/thumbs/MacDonalds-French-Fries-psd8992.png

this third pic makes me drool, you can just see the crispy goodness in those fries!
[img]http://blogs.helsinki.fi/grotesque/files/2007/12/french_fries.png[/img]

**i think im guilty of loving fried food**  
**i think i wanna go out and get some today**

this is not really food when eaten alone but can be like a "side dish" when eating other nigeian meals.
but i LOVE LOVE LOVE FRIEND PLANTAIN!!
i don't get tired of eating this either.

[img]http://3.bp..com/_fUB2wCHK-d4/SxjNEh5O08I/AAAAAAAAA-k/R-XvRdZoNIg/s800/fried+plantains2.JPG[/img]


my OTHER auntie in naija makes this the best!! she adds a special something when frying it but i forgot what she adds. it makes it so unique, good, and addicting.

i also love to eat Chicken sandwhiches (or the McChicken on the McDonalds menu) i can eat that a lot too.
i just love chicken i think. lol

a lot of people don't like breakfast but i love breakfast food!
i never ever skip breakfast.  
i can eat waffles, boy how i love waffles.  

most of the food that i love is junk food and i never get tired of eating it  
chips, Chips, CHIPS!! lol

and i like chicken, cooked any kind of way.

i really dont know, when i can remember something consistent ill post again.
but until then. . . lol


OHHHHHHHHHHHH I KNOW NOW!!! LOL
JOLLOF RICE!!!

**the one that looks like this**

https://www.african-recipes-secrets.com/images/jollofricelg.jpg

the one that has a little spicy taste to it and then the fried or roasted chicken is the best compliment!!
boy do i love jollof rice, especially the party kind.

***reminds me of a story when i was about leaving naija and we were waiting in the port harcourt airport parking lot and my auntie brought a big tub of her special jollof rice along the car ride (looks just like the one in the picture). we had a flight that left at night so she wanted us to eat dinner before the long way back. OMG, i had about 2 and half plates that night and about 3 chicken legs!! lol good ol' days***

emisun:
AM culturally core to born.to me one reason for the declining interest in our culture is just inferiority complex.you wouldn't communicate with your brother in another lang if you don't consider your inferior.am blaming it 80% on the way christianity is been practiced here.imagine the mentality some have about our beautiful masquerade being evil and of the devil while santa clause or cruise even cruz is right from the center of heaven,i mean more like arch angel micheal.

i do see your point.

ifedy:
of all the african countries i know, nigerians are the ones that prserved their cultures the most, though its dwindling, but we are better than some,

youre gonna need facts to back that up.

igbo boy:

@ poster
10years i would have agreed with your point

Now most people listen to naija musicians, play naija songs at their wedding instead of western songs, thanks to people keeping our tradition alive by incorporating either an indigeneous language, style and so on

look at big artists back home

d'banj uses yoruba and pidgin
9ice uses heavy yoruba
nigga raw use igbo and pidgin
lagbaja keeps it 100 etc

so we are very much interested in our culture

i have to disagree because most of these naija artist (even though the ones you named were cool)of today are becoming TOOO WESTERNIZED. people need to stick to how 2face was when he first came out.
some of the latest naija music sounds too american and i wouldnt even know it was by a naija artist if i heard it on the radio or something.
i was just thinking about this the other day.
even though our musicians are nigerian doesnt mean they are sticking to "naija style" type of music.
i can't believe some of the garbage coming out these days.
i can't listen to naija music thats too westernized cause it doesnt seem authentic or original.

[quote author=sofa-dj link=topic=372359.msg5196534#msg5196534 date=1261949402]One cant but wonder what wld be left of our culture in the future(say 200years).


With d way children are are raised nowadays in Nigeria, we pay more respect to western culture,

We find western culture trendier than ours(food, clothin,language etc)

NIgerian culture may cease to exist in the future.

The problem is dt western culture is really not compatible with african thinkin, personality etc

i think inferiority cmplex is pushing us to embrace western culture this much

what do u'l think?[/quote]i sooo feel you.
this is not only Nigeria but many countries in Africa and Asia ect. . .
was just talking about this (kinda) to my YIM buddy the other day.
Africans love to embrace western culture and sometimes look at their own as "wrong" or i cant find the right word.
but yeah, i really don't know what to say.