I’ve been working on a recap of the first Yoruba-Yoruba wedding I’ve attended and that’s what I planned to put up next but I’ve just had a “moment” that I want to share with you. Seventeen years ago, after spending a year in another province, we were moving back to the province we currently live [...]
Last weekend I went to the annual event to celebrate the life of a young Nigerian, the son of our family friend, who lost his life trying to break up a fight. I can’t believe it’s been eight years since we received that terrible news. A local Christian hip hop/R n B group called Prosper [...]
I’ve confessed before that I can’t cook Nigerian dishes aside from a few staples. To me, the most important thing to master is various stews, from the basic obe ata (basic pepper stew) to the more complicated ogbono or egusi stew. My mother is not to blame (she tried, oh she tried, and for two [...]
I will be celebrating my 31st birthday in two days with a camping trip. Confession #1: I didn’t want to go camping on my birthday but when I booked the campsite three months ago, that was the only weekend that was available. Confession #2: I am Nigerian and I love camping! I don’t know a [...]
Shortly after immigrating to Canada, my parents became friends with a Yoruba couple who were a few years younger than them. They had no children when we first met them but within a few years, they had a couple of boys. Then we moved across the country, or maybe they moved first. Anyway, we ended [...]
My youngest brother’s middle name is Babatunde, a Yoruba name that means father has returned. This may not always be the case, but Babatunde is given to a child (usually a male child, I believe, though someone might know better) that is born after his grandfather has passed away. A similar name is Babatunji (father [...]
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