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The Aboki – Thousands of years ago, The Aboki migrated to street corners all over the country from his home in northern Nigeria and has supplied Nigerians with cheap snacks and soft drinks ever since.
Nigerian men are not going to stop marrying you if you openly admit to being a feminist. The only way they can continue benefiting from the atmosphere of fear surrounding the feminism of Nigerian women in Nigeria is if Nigerian women continue to trade away some of their rights in exchange for acceptance in our patriarchal society.
Now that I think about it. Practically everyone in Nigeria is having sex for money. I don’t know about other countries, but from what I’ve seen of relationships in America from different ethnicities, while there’s an expectation of exchanging gifts and other such things, it is nowhere near as advanced and expensive as it is in Nigeria.
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Raw pain. I'm so sorry you went through all this.
Thanks for this collection! I knew some but some were a discovery. Dalu rinne :)
N choro nsogbu. See me see trouble is not an Igbo expression. The closest you can get is nekwanu nsogbu.
I'm a little late but thank you for this post. I also have a little question to ask. How do I use the word "nsogbu"? Like
Fantastic idea. For years I have worried about the use of Igbo language dwindling so much that it'll hardly be spoken at all in future. […]