I am a Chinese person trying to learn Yoruba Is Yoruba grammar hard. How is it different from English? I only know it's subject verb object and it's tonal like Chinese.

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Hello everyone I’m an 20M African American who is very curious about my ancestral culture. When I was a kid I’ve always dreamt of one day traveling to Africa but I don’t know where. Ever since I was taught about slavery in America, I wanted to know more about me and myself. So a year ago I downloaded an app called ancestry.com to see who I am. Results came and I was mostly Nigerian and parts of others as well. But the thing is, is that I wanted to be accepted in the culture because I hadn’t really like the African American culture due to its violent and sexual nature. So what can I do to become an accepted Nigerian? Any thoughts or suggestions. Please and thank you

One of my favourite subcultures from Nairobi, Kenya, was the existence of Car-Owner groups, both offline and online (WhatsApp groups, mostly).

My friend owned a Peugeot, so she belonged to the larger Peugeot group. There was also a group for her specific car model. The same is true for other car models; the groups exist for community, mechanic recommendation, and problem-solving.

My point?

I'm looking for something similar if it exists in Nigeria, Lagos specifically.
As a late first-time car owner, I figured it's one of the things I may benefit from, before my two mechanics send me back to the village.

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Nairaland was a dead end, I'm not even sure how to start on Facebook.

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One of our biggest handicaps as a society is that unlike almost every other African country that was colonised, we had no real, broad-based, popular anti-colonial struggle. We had individual pockets of resistance and occasional rebellions against specific parts of colonial rule (Aba Women's Riot etc.), but save for a political and media war waged in Lagos by a small intellectual elite, there was no "Nigerian Independence Struggle." At no point did the generality of Nigerian people ever adopt any common position on anything except the basic human desire to eat, drink, fornicate and sleep. In fact, when Anthony Enahoro first moved a 1953 parliamentary motion for Nigeria to become independent in 1956, half of Nigeria's parliament voted AGAINST independence and staged a walkout. Regardless of whatever local political context led to this, the fact remains that Nigeria had the opportunity to become the first independent country in post-colonial Africa, and it didn't happen because Nigerians hated each other more than they hated the British coloniser. The implications of having no real independence struggle where everyone paid a price and felt some pain manifest in several ways. Consider this - unlike almost every other country in Africa, Nigeria has no "founding myth" on which to base its national story. Who are Nigeria's "founding fathers"? What are Nigeria's founding values? What is the purpose of Nigeria after having been set free from its initial mission of being the mining concession, cash crop plantation and oilfield of a colonial SPV called the Royal Niger Trading Company? Short answer: We don't know because we never decided. This societal lack of grounding and direction has created a profound lack of identity and a crippling absence of purpose. Both of these things are the diseases at the heart of the Nigerian soul - a near-total lack of usable 21st-century identity, which we overcompensate for by being loud, obnoxious and needlessly egotistical, and a lack of purpose that leads us to find meaning in conspicuous consumption, accumulation for the sake of itself, and every type and flavour of religious nonsense that exists under the sun. Another major fallout of having no identity or purpose is that we have the ethical and moral compass of the wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man. We stand for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, we think rational consequences for our actions are optional, and we think EVERYTHING is to be bargained or negotiated with. A drug dealer and a Boko Haram patron are running on a presidential ticket and they want my support - so how much is in it for me? I didn't support the drug dealer but he used every available electoral malpractice tactic to become president - so how can this presidency benefit me and my family?
A former public office holder and illegal mining kingpin has been thoroughly disgraced after getting caught using almost $1m of illicit money to carry out an illegal transaction - so how can I position myself to benefit from the situation instead of seeing justice done?

Things are predictably going south under a drug dealer's presidency - so I'd rather invoke the supernatural power of hope and positive thinking, or pray for things to get better without addressing the actual issue at all. If anyone points out that I'm being a delusional fantasist, I'll just deploy emotional blackmail and fell them that they're terrible people who don't wish their country well. A people who stand for everything and nothing. A nation going everywhere and nowhere---Post By Journalist ,David Hundeyin.

I found out that kirikeni-okwein is the language from okrika but correct me if mistaken. Thank you

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Is the risk of robbery, kidnapping, and violence really that high? Do people really harass you everywhere? What precautions are important to take, and what should be avoided? Can you enjoy a trip as a White foreigner to Nigeria without excessive worry? Is using common sense enough?

I’ve made the decision to only eat meat once a week due to health benefits. I still go the gym frequently, and still go to college. Unfortunately my parents have the belief that I should be eating meat everyday, and my uncles and aunts have the same belief as my parents do. In the past I’ve dealt with my uncles and aunts judging me just because I didn’t eat any meat with my meal. At this point, I’m curious to know why other people would care so deeply about my dietary choices. I have my plate, and they have their own plate. This person is making the choice to look at my plate and tell me what I should and shouldn’t be eating. It annoys me when people do this, but I’ve accepted it for what it is.

I’m not here to argue with other people about the advantages and disadvantages of eating meat, I’m here to asks for honest advice.

How do I tell my parents that I’m a part-time vegetarian? Have you experienced anything like this before?

For English, I believe so. Even though it's mandatory, a lot of people that do WAEC still have terrible English, but I do believe it should be mandatory.

Civic Education on the other hand....¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't like the course, though I'm not informed with it. I asked a bunch of students. Art and Government tend to like it, but science students tend to not like it as much.

When you guys wrote in the past, what were your thoughts?

For me personally it's na. Because at this point it's one of those thing that as a person born and brought in Nigeria you've heard it soo much you know the meaning but at the same time you don't. So what are some other words you know but don't know at the same time?

Just wondering because i see most nigerian parents are really chill on it especially a while back when i said girl was european. Although there are still alot who say they want tk to stay homologous etc

Hi I’m thinking of starting a podcast on true crime stories in Nigeria that’s completely audio based and I wanted to see if that’s something people would be interested in listening so could you please comment and tell me if you would listen or you know anyone who would and if you would listen can you suggest any story you would like me to talk about. Thank you !

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Hello hello!

Y’all are real sweet in this sub; you have greeted me very well with my DNA and all that jazz. Honestly, this is the chillest sub on this website.

Anyway, I just want to ask what are some of the best places to visit for a solo traveling young black American woman. My goal in life is to go to every country my ancestors are from. I want to start with Ghana and Nigeria and I am already planning on going to see the Door of No Return in Ghana.

Are there places like that in Nigeria? My DNA said im majority Igbo, where do they mostly reside? I’m sorry if this comes off as rude or inappropriate.

30y M living in sangotedo and was thinking of moving to surulere somewhere nice like bode Thomas but was wondering how different mainland will be as far as agberos are and stuff like that ?

Good evening I'm a 24(f) and I'm the first child ,I earn btwn 400_500k monthly my question is How do I save? I find it hard to save Because there's always issues that need finance's I really need your advice No I need an iPhone to start creating content Should I get it upfront or should I save up for it

I am urgently hoping that someone reading this has a cotton plantation 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Edith: you guys, I appreciate the humor but we need the root of the stem of this plant to treat an illness that has defied orthodox medical treatment (teaching hospitals, seen consultants both in Nigeria and the UK).

Does anyone have experience with MTN solar ? I am thinking of having one installed because it is kind of affordable but need to know if it worth it .Thank you

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