Some weeks ago, I had a very interesting discussion with a Nigerian lady
who just immigrated to the United States. Sitting in their plushy
living room decked with resplendent African Arts, her husband and I
talked about Nigeria’s affairs while she graciously prepared
mouth-watery bitter leaf soup and pounded yam. Intermittently, she
would passionately interject into the conversation expressing her
opinions about Nigeria.
Out of the blues, she yelled “why would they allow people to know?” shaking her head rather pathetically. A Celebrity Entertainment TV show had just announced that a renowned American star might be pregnant. “Evil people go spoil that piking for her belle now”, she said.
Looking at me with a questionable smile, her husband nodded and said “naija mentality never commot for her body”. That was the beginning of a discussion that went on for another hour as she obdurately tries to convince us about the powers of “evil people”. It appears we were using stone-age anachronistic tools as we tried to recalibrate her mind set.
Hold your thoughts before you get judgmental here...
Out of the blues, she yelled “why would they allow people to know?” shaking her head rather pathetically. A Celebrity Entertainment TV show had just announced that a renowned American star might be pregnant. “Evil people go spoil that piking for her belle now”, she said.
Looking at me with a questionable smile, her husband nodded and said “naija mentality never commot for her body”. That was the beginning of a discussion that went on for another hour as she obdurately tries to convince us about the powers of “evil people”. It appears we were using stone-age anachronistic tools as we tried to recalibrate her mind set.
Hold your thoughts before you get judgmental here...
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