Two songs that I have been hearing a lot of lately, Faze’s Originality and 9ice’s Gongo Aso both have the line “Khaki no be leather” in them.
My guess is the expression means that you can’t compare two things that are so obviously different but I’m wondering if this is a common saying or quote because [...]
When I first started this blog, I wrote a lot more about the search for a Good Naija Man, a search that I haven’t given up on, but I’ve just decided not to dwell too much on (on this blog sha). I was on a couple of dating websites but I dropped those, with a [...]
Merry Christmas everyone! It’s Christmas Eve but I still have not finished my shopping, which makes me more last minute than usual. I have a complaint though about fathers: while most (Nigerian) mothers can rattle off an impressive wishlist (or is my mom the only one?), trying to figure out what my father wants each [...]
One of my grandmother’s tenants is a young man named George. At 26 years of age he’s a tall, humble, very slim guy, and possibly one of the most gentle men I’ve ever met. Although he has a keen interest in martial arts movies, this guy would not harm a fly.
George loves God. I [...]
I have no recollection of what Christmas is like in Nigeria. While we were in Nigeria recently, I went to a bank in Lagos and it was decorated for Christmas, with a tree and everything. Living in Nigeria between the ages of nearly three years old to age six, I can’t remember if we set [...]
Some of the things that I either thought of or noticed while I was in Nigeria (keep in my mind my perspective is that of someone who had not visited in almost 15 years):
Roosters crow all day, not just in the morning as I previously thought.
You really feel cheated if you don’t bargain. Elo ni [...]
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