I love Naija

Some Nigerians can form eh

I was in a fine and expensive restaurant when two young men walked in with two ladies. It turned out I grew up with one of the men. The other young man, a full blooded Nigerian had this American accent and kept on saying "whor" meaning "what" I guess, to everything we said. He claimed that he could not understand our grammar. Our mutual friend became the translator. I didn't mind oh. Besides it could be his first time in Naija, wetin concern me. 

They joined my table, placed their orders and half way through their meal, they encouraged the girls to order for some more. The girls did not waste a second. Trust Naija girls. Besides, who no like awoof?

We were ready to go when the waiter brought the bill. Our foreign brother provoked, forgot his translator, the fake drawl and contested the heavy bill. The waiter stood his ground and he yelled vehemently at the poor boy in almost perfect pidgin English. I was very embarrassed.

Sincerely, this is the kind of attitude that gets on my nerves. I don't know why most Nigerians are ashamed of sounding like Nigerians. It turned out that this guy only spent a year in the UK, came back and started sounding like an American. It is still okay to emulate any race, but please try not to deride innocent citizens who are proud of their mother tongue and roots. Most of us find it really hard to teach our kids our native dialect. I have witnessed a mother scold her child severely just for speaking their mother tongue. 

Biko nu, Abeg, Please it is time for us to be proud of our respective identities. If you have been living in denial then this is a wake up call. Stop forming or pretending to be what you are not because no matter how hard you try or pretend, you will always be a Nigerian.

#proudlynaija