One thing that I have not been able to do until recently is cultivate a close friendship with a fellow Nigerian, and in fact, this is still a work in progress. We can blame the area I live in for this: there were no other Africans (talk less Nigerians) in my grade of highschool [...]
It’s not only Nigerians who can claim this, but we immigrants love to get a bargain. it’s not our fault though: we all know you can bargain anything in Naija (or you could when I was last there). And in fact, playing the bargaining game is part of the fun of shopping, especially [...]
Nearly a month ago, it seemed everywhere you turned, Nigerian bloggers were closing down their blogs because they (the blogs) had been discovered by friends and/or family. I can understand how, with the topic of some of the blogs, or the images used therein (hi Afrobabe!), it would be hard to be blasé [...]
We have lived in this particular corner of Canada for almost 18 years, and during our time here, we have been blessed to meet a lot of fellow Yorubas. There is one family that we’ve only known for 3-4 years, but they quickly became my parents’ closest friends. They are practically siblings, if [...]
Camping was fun…but short. You see, like last year, we were supposed to arrive at our camp site on Friday afternoon and return home on Sunday afternoon. However, a couple of factors affected our plans:
one of my friends (oyinbo guy sha) was fighting with his possessive girlfriend and she basically did everything she [...]
I can’t wait to write more about hair (and you guys have a lot to say on the matter too it seems!). Anybody who wants to find out what Solomon Sydelle’s secrets of nice healthy hair are, please email her directly at solomonsydelleATgmailDOTcom.
Guess where I’m going? Camping! When I tell my Nigerian [...]
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