Recipe For White Soup

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This is a soup popular among the ibos in the eastern part of Nigeria. It is an assorted meal which is used to mark special occasions or when a pregnant woman gives birth.

The Flair

Among many wonderful grand things, I've been told by some people that I have a flair for the dramatic. The "drama king", they'd call me. The good kind of dramatic, I mean - not the overdo illogical drama screamers.

They say I walk, talk and pose dramatic.
(Do the pictures above, and below look dramatic to you? No, right? I know!! )

Drugs In ABUAD

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So, I'm not meant to be online but I just happened to see this twitter thread that annoyed me so much this very good morning.😡😡😡

I do NOT agree with all the fingers pointing at ABUAD or it's school system as the cause of drug addiction.

I'm just here waiting for their concrete evidence, cuz the majority of ppl I know don't do drugs. All those people need to check the kind of company they keep.👌

Stereotype Much?

When you are an Ijebu, man and your friends always make fun of your stingy nature, does it bother you? When ‘Oyinbos’ think that you come from a country where gorillas and bears walk around freely, and you live in thatched houses - even in this 21^st century, how do you feel? …Angry? Hurt? Upset?

Every day, we face people who categorize us and make assumptions based on tribe, race, appearance, religion, amongst others. These are stereotypes, and we unfortunately live, today, in a society that overindulges in them.

Does Nigeria exist?

By Viola Okpara

Does Nigeria exist?

The question appears weird - I know.... very much like a question of one in an alcohol induced stupor. But are there people, who are, in fact through-and-through, purely and completely, simply "Nigerians"?

Aren't the yoruba more yoruba or the Hausa more Hausa or the Efik more Efik or Igbo more Igbo than being 'Nigerians'?

The Gentle Soul

On Saturday, I lost my grandfather to the ravages and clutches of time.

He was a gentle breath of fresh air, in a foul world progressively riding towards an unrepentant decay. I will miss him. And as I look back, I cannot help but wonder and remember, the things I should have done with him....

Engligbo

Ha. Igbo Kwenu!!

"ENGLIGBO"

I'm not sure how many of you dear readers are familiar with this popular bridged term. I first heard it  in secondary school from a teacher, reprimanding my "generation" for watering down the purity of the igbo language with blobs of English words bubbling around between our igbo sentences.

"A nyerem ya yesterday"

The Future

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?”   

- Marianne Williamson, Return to Love

Countless years have since past as we've heard it chorused; In the classrooms, In the streets, In the churches - "Children are the future", "The youth are the leaders of tomorrow".

But.... the youth have now gotten old. Some got so old that their time came and they have even passed away. Yet the same people who have lead and governed for 30 - 50 years are still leading and governing today. With the trend we're on, it seems we go further and further in the past to drudge up leaders from regiments and councils of old to take the reigns of power.

Are we so incapable, we "youth", of taking control of our own lives? Our present? Our very futures? Will we stamp down our heritage? Have we young lions forgotten how to roar? Meant to be eagles, but unable to soar. 

The Odenigbo Experience: The Intellectual and Cultural Festival

Many people may have heard about the Odenigbo festival, many people may not. All in all, I just decided to use this medium to share a little light on my experience today on the “Intellectual and Cutural Festival” aspect which I attended.

So…..I was asked to go to this festival thing by my dear mother today. She said it was an Intellectual Cultural festival. It was meant to be part of a larger festival named the “Odenigbo” held in Owerri every year. I have a very limited amount of information on it at the moment however, so I will refrain on speaking on matters I do not know a lot about. In this day and age, the end result would be that I’d end up throwing controversy on myself if that were the case.

5 Things On Nigeria: The Good, the Bad and the gosh darn ugly.... (Part 1)

SO some of you outside might be wondering what you'll find if you ever come here to Nigeria, and some of you in here are actually wondering the truth of what there is to find in this country, There's a lot that each of us don't know, so I'm going to be making a regular post once in every long while to update and enlighten everyone on the Nigeria you know and the Nigeria you don't know....

The Good Things you should be aware of:

1. The food

The food in Nigeria is so amazing you could just stay there for ages eating it till your belly gives out. Not literally of course, but it sounds cool that way right? :D






2. The Clothes

The clothes in Nigeria are unique, stylish and top notch in the fashion world, celebrities from all over the world are even wearing the Nigerian Ankara, eg Beyonce