Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?Pros: The new African music coming out is quite alright! Wizkid and Dbanj and all them
Jellof rice is never far away
Cons: Having to greet every single adult at a party or gathering, even the ones you don't know
Being put down for not knowing how to speak your parents language
Being told I can't have a boyfriend till I'm married (I'd already had like 3 anyway lol) -
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?I'm talking about BB babes.(Original post by Ebuwa)
Jenifa or BB babes
I parred him nicely to my siblings lol. He said that I should even be happy that I got a lift(he was a black cab driver), the worst thing is my friends were dropped late. -
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?ahh lol :')(Original post by tomatoslayer)
I know! Even if you were starving/thirsty at somebody else's house, you had to front like you had just ate a frikkin buffet and downed litres of coke. I would just be like 'Aunty, no thank you, I'm fine'. But inside, I'm like "FEED ME BITCH!"
loool.
Ah have you eatten ?
Yes auntie, thank you - i just ate.
*looks to the side*
Lol yes, but no- could never eat food from them - there could be poison! :L LOL -
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?Are you Igbo?(Original post by ChunkyFudgeLover101)
being able to say things in another language (few words)
Like,
Odima
Kedo?
Ibolachi...
Oigbo people-
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?Yeah....(Original post by tomatoslayer)
Are you Igbo?
Are you?
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?Lol you can't a boyfriend but you are expected to get married by the age of 25.(Original post by jennaz77)
Pros: The new African music coming out is quite alright! Wizkid and Dbanj and all them
Jellof rice is never far away
Cons: Having to greet every single adult at a party or gathering, even the ones you don't know
Being put down for not knowing how to speak your parents language
Being told I can't have a boyfriend till I'm married (I'd already had like 3 anyway lol)
I hate it lol(Original post by tomatoslayer)
I'm talking about BB babes.
Kmt that is the streotype for black males(Original post by ali7861012)
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?The food, music and 'parries' are AMAZING, nothing like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb9h2JX_w7c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgutFbL5TSM
My all time favourite:
One thing that annoys me though, is calling everyone aunty or uncle. I once called a white woman aunty and everyone just looked at me like I was mental ahahaLast edited by Obadetona; 22-01-2012 at 22:47. -
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?When people say do u remember me? I carried you when u were 2years old. In my head I'm like no dimwit
Mastering clicking your fingers when you shake someones hand , if you can't you are a failure.
You have party favours around the house e.g a mug with 'Joyce's 50th birthday'
Everyone is Auntie and Uncle
Your mum has a big pot that covers all the hobsLast edited by Ebuwa; 22-01-2012 at 23:05. -
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?Oh my days, yes!!(Original post by Ebuwa)
Lol you can't a boyfriend but you are expected to get married by the age of 25.
My mum was discussing this with me! She said go to uni, then get settled find a husband, marry at 24, have children the next year!
I was like- woahh, I'm not sure if i want children! she said God Forbid
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?pros: SOME of the food (jollof rice, yam pottage, peppersoup, ewa (beans), etc)
cons: SOME of the food (e.g. eba. more eba. I HATE EBA!)
other pros: family, banter, music, dressing up for church, languages, being able to lmao at nollywood, being able to rejoice when 'NEPA' brings electricity, etc -
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?I'm Egyptian, so I don't know if you guys will count me as African or not. I know that culture in the North of Africa e.g. Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia etc... is more closely linked to the Middle East so I won't talk about culture.
However... I LOVE THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS. Makes me so proud, mostly because we win it a lot Although didn't qualify this year
African Music is brilliant
Hate - Pressure on focussing on school work and exams so much. It can get a little much, although I do understand it and I'm glad I feel pressured to work. -
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?This!(Original post by In2deep)
Being hated on by other Africans for not being African enough. Most East Africans get this
Having 90r8374853624 cousins all over the world
I would also add
Knowing your ancestors' names dating centuries back (good)
Food (good and bad)
Beats
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?Nope children are a most lol. Educashun is ver important. I hear this everyday(Original post by ChunkyFudgeLover101)
Oh my days, yes!!
My mum was discussing this with me! She said go to uni, then get settled find a husband, marry at 24, have children the next year!
I was like- woahh, I'm not sure if i want children! she said God Forbid
lmao.
Excuse me , how can you hate eba(Original post by maghreblover)
pros: SOME of the food (jollof rice, yam pottage, peppersoup, ewa (beans), etc)
cons: SOME of the food (e.g. eba. more eba. I HATE EBA!)
other pros: family, banter, music, dressing up for church, languages, being able to lmao at nollywood, being able to rejoice when 'NEPA' brings electricity, etc
. Only in Nigeria though
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?How can you hate eba? I love when it gets dry on your hand when you don't wash it for ages.. but then again, i'm just a bit nasty...(Original post by maghreblover)
pros: SOME of the food (jollof rice, yam pottage, peppersoup, ewa (beans), etc)
cons: SOME of the food (e.g. eba. more eba. I HATE EBA!)
other pros: family, banter, music, dressing up for church, languages, being able to lmao at nollywood, being able to rejoice when 'NEPA' brings electricity, etc -
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?EBA is terrible! But iyan/pounded yam(Original post by Ebuwa)
Nope children are a most lol. Educashun is ver important. I hear this everyday
Excuse me , how can you hate eba. Only in Nigeria though
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Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?Still African(Original post by Mero8)
I'm Egyptian, so I don't know if you guys will count me as African or not. I know that culture in the North of Africa e.g. Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia etc... is more closely linked to the Middle East so I won't talk about culture.
However... I LOVE THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS. Makes me so proud, mostly because we win it a lot Although didn't qualify this year
African Music is brilliant
Hate - Pressure on focussing on school work and exams so much. It can get a little much, although I do understand it and I'm glad I feel pressured to work. There are similarites though please talk about culture.
KMt African parents and eductaion-look at blahblah son he is a doctor.
Some cases negative, some can't mind their damn business.(Original post by Hogwartz)
I think the close-knitted culture is definetly a positive one.
