On African Time

How do you feel when you hear of “African Time” or “Nigerian Time”? Since I joined that Nigerian Association that I mentioned earlier, one problem I see so far is a lack of respect of time. When we were setting up the first meeting and we agreed upon 6pm, I asked if it was African [...]

Alcohol and danceclubs

(Is the title a Nigerian parent’s worst nightmare or what?) Solomon Sydelle’s last TTTEC topic was about a girl who met her boyfriend of 15 months at a club and is now afraid to tell her mother where she met him because her mother doesn’t know she goes clubbing. Friends that I have met through [...]

Let’s make a deal

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 in the [...]

Yoruba names that make it hard to live abroad

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 could [...]

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