tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post1537292509823469789..comments2023-11-02T11:56:39.454+01:00Comments on HAPPENINGS: Are we really free or Neo-colonised?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-22826092579884676112010-11-11T14:16:08.409+01:002010-11-11T14:16:08.409+01:00hmmmm....def not headed in that direction....I'...hmmmm....def not headed in that direction....I'm also a proud Nigerian! and Yoruba ni mi!lamikaytyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751692582244639132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-43520380414604890312010-10-21T10:27:55.719+01:002010-10-21T10:27:55.719+01:00I love this post! Omo yoruba ni mi! I speak and wr...I love this post! Omo yoruba ni mi! I speak and write it very fluently and I remember people labelling me as 'razz' and 'yoruba dictionary' when I speak indigenously! But I don't care I still do my thing. It is sad the way things are going though.LusciousRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448225682004908627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-38798127005973235572010-10-21T01:29:47.869+01:002010-10-21T01:29:47.869+01:00You're speaking a lot of truth! Yeah, Nigerian...You're speaking a lot of truth! Yeah, Nigerians have been thoroughly colonized- especially the youth. That's one of the reasons why foreign things are preferred. It's quite sad really.<br /><br />P.S. If you want you can check out my blog http://adiyaatu.wordpress.com<br /><br />Another P.S. You write so well!Adiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979816575908889345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-26812933997139826172010-10-18T18:22:57.628+01:002010-10-18T18:22:57.628+01:00This is the most "on point" post you hav...This is the most "on point" post you have ever done! I agree with you 100%.<br /><br />I still cannot believe that there are children growing up in Nigeria who dont Nigerian food! Forgive my harshness but are their parents crazy?<br /><br />Is it possible to speak too much Yoruba? <br /><br />Why wont anyone wear our local fabric? apart from the fact that they are on international catwalks, they are our local fabrics and that is enough reason to wear them....<br /><br />I have been told I speak too much Yoruba for someone living in the UK - I dont know what that means! <br /><br />Seriously! we are the part of the Change Nigeria needsTygerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655676780728500983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-12896372035733919222010-10-18T11:32:32.232+01:002010-10-18T11:32:32.232+01:00I am loving you so much for your post.I was beginn...I am loving you so much for your post.I was beginning to wonder what was wrong with us.It gets so bad to watch or observe at times. You did well with this post.<br />If anyone wants to lose their identity,I'm glad that a few still care to keep theirs. I just want to thank you and Naijalines for writing similar posts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301603117549184097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-12678583874806593702010-10-18T00:28:38.696+01:002010-10-18T00:28:38.696+01:00"These days I hear of kids who live here in N..."These days I hear of kids who live here in Nigeria but can't eat any real Nigerian food. What in God's name is that? They can't even pronounce their own names correctly!" ... what??????? Now, that's a serious issue.<br /><br />My hubby and I were just discussing this evening about the trend of Nigerians here in the UK giving their children English names (probably so they can blend in easily among friends)...<br /><br />He made a remark that I really like and buy into...he said "I don't mind giving my child an English name, but it wouldn't be because I'm in England". <br /><br />I'm all for being truly Naija and repping my country to the max...hubby and I frequently rock our native outfits to church, and we attract all kinds of lovely comments, and we take the opportunity to educate our commenters a bit on nigeria, her cultures, and her fabrics... <br /><br />I'm sick of hearing foreign journalists report nigeria in a negative light...and I'm even sicker of hearing nigerians themselves speak nothing good about our dear country...she's no where near great yet, but not even the so called developed countries achieved what they have today overnight, and certainly not by their citizens speaking ill of their country...<br /><br />The change we desire must begin FIRST with US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-84832370069914170822010-10-16T18:57:45.447+01:002010-10-16T18:57:45.447+01:00NOW if u dont want me colonising dis blog, u bera ...NOW if u dont want me colonising dis blog, u bera update more often :) <br />*hope u r gud tho' otojo meta'LGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922097191529698792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-68394844545512600022010-10-15T10:07:16.221+01:002010-10-15T10:07:16.221+01:00Rant thee not that they 'kill' Yoruba in w...Rant thee not that they 'kill' Yoruba in writing. They have also murdered the English language with all the nauseating 'short-forms' of writing words (most especially in text messages).<br /><br />All these are often done unfortunately as a sense of 'style'. Correct someone (in English) and you hear, 'pidgin' is Nigeria's language. *chokes*.<br /><br />We simply should stop celebrating ineptitude consciously in the name of 'style'.<br /><br />Whoever will speak English should do, whoever will speak Yoruba...., Ibo...., Hausa......, should speak but, bastardise none.<br /><br />Whoever choses not to know his(her) father's culture and ethics will probably have to 'struggle' to learn another one.<br /><br />Be that as it may, some will always celebrate their 'fathers'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-4708285370145666202010-10-14T09:06:02.995+01:002010-10-14T09:06:02.995+01:00hey sister.been a while...hope you have been goodhey sister.been a while...hope you have been gooddoll (retired blogger)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04617294319074603189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-1010766254147885622010-10-14T08:31:24.248+01:002010-10-14T08:31:24.248+01:00You are so right ,i agree with youYou are so right ,i agree with youblackgoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800913707580706223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-77230302497829745522010-10-14T06:50:00.710+01:002010-10-14T06:50:00.710+01:00I love naija sha, and it always confuses me when s...I love naija sha, and it always confuses me when some of us want to paint the country all black. Hmmm...Mynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595087387069634003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-12765080335058130212010-10-13T22:27:00.206+01:002010-10-13T22:27:00.206+01:00In reality,do you know that foreigners have more o...In reality,do you know that foreigners have more opportunities in Naija than Nigerians themselves? yes it is part of the "neo-colo"<br />Well imagine being on a queue waiting to be attended to and there's a foreigner on the queue and someone suddenly comes to pick the foreigner out to jump the queue just because he is a foreigner...have you ever experienced that type of injustice in your own country?<br />Well if you haven't, I'm telling you now that it happens!<br />You can bet the foreigner lived to tell the story cos I was on that queue and trust me, I went ballistic!!! Hence the reason they are prone to see more opportunities than omo onile themselves...<br />But that is definitely not an excuse to bad mouth naija...all I'm saying is na we dey do ourselves! Period!!!NoLimithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879937849991946112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-45950971394373788552010-10-13T22:17:38.115+01:002010-10-13T22:17:38.115+01:00Hee hee hee! you've corrected me loads of time...Hee hee hee! you've corrected me loads of time when I say jor instead of jo...put it this way...I know it is Jo but then for the benefit of my non Yoruba speaking friends, I break it down for them properly!<br />That is not to say I can't write it properly(with amin on it self)<br />If people want to be neo-colonised...its a shame but I can't open their eyes for them!<br />Naija nile,Yoruba ni mi and I won't ever deny my root!<br />PS<br />The Naija @ 50 party organised in the UK by the Nigerian high commission would have vexed you madly!lol...apart from moi-moi for starters, only English meal was served!So I heard from a very reliable source:)NoLimithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879937849991946112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-69425163158135893022010-10-13T18:18:22.497+01:002010-10-13T18:18:22.497+01:00i've met a couple of foreigners who say,NAIJA ...i've met a couple of foreigners who say,NAIJA is the way to go for them and it makes me wonder why we nigerians don't have that faith in our own land. its so sad.<br />i think those here complain alot about the bad making those in diaspora believee they cant work and survive here.<br /><br />if u can survive in naija , you will make it everywhere else.Fragilelookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716693116129709342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25488842.post-40450287350882938792010-10-13T14:39:51.273+01:002010-10-13T14:39:51.273+01:00Longest time!
But wait o! Is it possible for any ...Longest time!<br /><br />But wait o! Is it possible for any Nigerian NOT TO EAT Nigerian Foods? That is strange!<br /><br />I am proud to be a Nigerian and I am determined to leave a better Nigeria for generations unborn. So help me God!Dee!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05790687531602296605noreply@blogger.com