Nigerians, especially older ones, can be very tactless. When I was in Nigeria last year, one of my grandmother’s neighbours started calling me orobo (slang for “fat person”). I decided not to take it personally, because I had expected someone to call me fat during the trip. I told myself that she’s an older woman [...]
I’m attending my first Nigerian wedding in Canada this weekend. Two years ago I attended my cousin’s wedding in Nigeria, which was the first bride-and-groom-are-Nigerian wedding that I had attended. Even among Nigerians in the same city as I am, it’s a bit odd that I haven’t attended many Nigerian weddings but my excuse is [...]
Bagucci got me thinking about discipline. Do any of the following ring bells in your memory? kneeling in a corner with your eyes closed and your arms straight up in the air a good old knuckle to the head a hot slap (for talking back) the belt (reserved for telling lies) I am the eldest [...]
Ms. O wrote about her disappointment with promoters of concerts and that reminded me of this entry that I started a few months ago. Earlier this year, I went to the eLDee concert that was heavily publicized, and was disappointed. I felt bad because I convinced a few friends to go with me and nobody [...]
eLDee came to town last week. I had somehow stumbled across the fact that he’d be in town a couple of months back, so had been looking forward to seeing him perform, even though I had no idea who he was at first. I had heard his name before, of course, but I didn’t know [...]
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