My family is Yoruba, but our last name is uncommon, and doesn’t sound obviously Yoruba or even Nigerian for that matter. In fact one of the guys I never dated was unique because he had the same last name as I did and that was the first time I had seen that last name outside [...]
This is a slightly sensitive topic for people on both sides of the issue, and I want those of you who are based “back home” who have never exhibited any of the following behaviour or who fully understand what I’m saying to please rest assured that this entry is not at all written to you. [...]
Adaeze wrote about this topic some weeks back, and I left a lengthy comment on the topic. She mentioned how her brother in law was going to try to find his way to Canada because he felt that he could do better for himself outside of Nigeria (though from what I gather from Adaeze’s post, [...]
My voice is a lot better (voice recording to come after I buy a new mic), but I still can’t really sing. I’m going to stay in the contest and submit some singing I recorded last year, as long as that is ok with the bosses. I would hate to be eliminated based on something [...]
So yeah, I love my gap and everything, and I’m fine having it for the rest of my life, but the thing that I find really annoying about it is that small drops of spit can easily escape when I’m talking, thanks to the large area for it to escape through! It’s a good thing [...]
Sting was bragging about her perfectly straight teeth and got me thinking (yet again) about my eji, or gap. Yup, I am one of those Nigerians who is blessed with a gap. My gap isn’t one of those sexy Madonna-esque ones either, the type that you catch a glimpse of then think “Oh, how cute, [...]
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