Don Jazzy and Olamide: two artists who do not blow! < /digit>
If someone says to you on the street, you don't breathe, it could be for a variety of reasons. For those of us who are kings of the high street, the first thing that will come to mind is that we have succeeded and are now famous, trending or the raves of the moment. This is well versed in the field of entertainment. Being famous or trending in the entertainment industry is associated with wealth and success because of the benefits that come with it…
My name is Toyin Falola and I am an active member of the Association of Nigerian Pregnant Men (ANPM). We eat and drink every night in our clubhouse. You can tell from the size of my stomach that I'm not blowing. The secretary of the ANPM, a chef with a stomach twice as big as mine, does not surpass me. He is so well connected that he can invite ten governors from across the country to attend our annual gala. The men who don't blow, as well as the elegant first ladies don't blow, honor us. Their drivers sit inside their cars, praying to become like us as they receive free air conditioning to calm their too hot bodies. The secretary and I look smaller than our vice president, who has trouble getting into his jeep because he isn't breathing well.
Our president, our Oga patapata at the top, lives in abundance. I don't know why I'm afraid of him. He has the power too! A lot of power!! Every time the President falls asleep, little girls fly out of his wallet, and he doesn't even notice. Sometimes I fear for girls. What if one of them is unlucky one day, and Oga wakes up and catches her in the act? But the girls seem not to send. They want to get out of their sapa situation. They rob stores like my president, use the money to fund their japa plans, then a few weeks after arriving overseas, they post pictures on social media, and a deluge of comments follow: Look how fresh bread you have like today! Omo, you're not blowing!
If you're not a street guy like me or unfamiliar with street language and slang, you might find all of the slang phrases in the preceding paragraphs unusual. Communication and language are two interrelated concepts that hardly exist separately. Language is ineffective if it cannot communicate with another person. The indigenous languages of the regions that later became Nigeria are very different from what the colonialists imagined them to be. The idea that Africa was a “dark continent” before European contact has been disproved and proven wrong by scholars and through our cultural developments even after independence. Before colonialism, Africans were not only able to communicate, but they also used complex languages to interact with each other and with events.
However, culture is not static and one of its characteristics is the ability to adapt to new situations and times. For context, words are borrowed from one language to another. For example, the Yoruba call onions alubosa, a Hausa word. The creation of Pidgin English, which deviates from native English and is increasingly common in other English-speaking West African countries, could be attributed to acculturation and the desire to improve communication and to simplify languages.
Do you know that some people believe you can barely breathe in the village? This is why people who live in rural or village areas find all the necessary means to move to the big cities, even if it means living in the "trenches" before they breathe. The population of big cities in Nigeria, like Lagos, has exploded because many people, especially young Nigerians, believe that moving to an urban area is the first sign of success or success. Blow.
Even though the term "you don't blow" is derived from the English language, it can be used in a variety of contexts. Three words, three ideas. The pronoun "you" is used to address the listener directly...
Don Jazzy and Olamide: two artists who do not blow! < /digit>
If someone says to you on the street, you don't breathe, it could be for a variety of reasons. For those of us who are kings of the high street, the first thing that will come to mind is that we have succeeded and are now famous, trending or the raves of the moment. This is well versed in the field of entertainment. Being famous or trending in the entertainment industry is associated with wealth and success because of the benefits that come with it…
My name is Toyin Falola and I am an active member of the Association of Nigerian Pregnant Men (ANPM). We eat and drink every night in our clubhouse. You can tell from the size of my stomach that I'm not blowing. The secretary of the ANPM, a chef with a stomach twice as big as mine, does not surpass me. He is so well connected that he can invite ten governors from across the country to attend our annual gala. The men who don't blow, as well as the elegant first ladies don't blow, honor us. Their drivers sit inside their cars, praying to become like us as they receive free air conditioning to calm their too hot bodies. The secretary and I look smaller than our vice president, who has trouble getting into his jeep because he isn't breathing well.
Our president, our Oga patapata at the top, lives in abundance. I don't know why I'm afraid of him. He has the power too! A lot of power!! Every time the President falls asleep, little girls fly out of his wallet, and he doesn't even notice. Sometimes I fear for girls. What if one of them is unlucky one day, and Oga wakes up and catches her in the act? But the girls seem not to send. They want to get out of their sapa situation. They rob stores like my president, use the money to fund their japa plans, then a few weeks after arriving overseas, they post pictures on social media, and a deluge of comments follow: Look how fresh bread you have like today! Omo, you're not blowing!
If you're not a street guy like me or unfamiliar with street language and slang, you might find all of the slang phrases in the preceding paragraphs unusual. Communication and language are two interrelated concepts that hardly exist separately. Language is ineffective if it cannot communicate with another person. The indigenous languages of the regions that later became Nigeria are very different from what the colonialists imagined them to be. The idea that Africa was a “dark continent” before European contact has been disproved and proven wrong by scholars and through our cultural developments even after independence. Before colonialism, Africans were not only able to communicate, but they also used complex languages to interact with each other and with events.
However, culture is not static and one of its characteristics is the ability to adapt to new situations and times. For context, words are borrowed from one language to another. For example, the Yoruba call onions alubosa, a Hausa word. The creation of Pidgin English, which deviates from native English and is increasingly common in other English-speaking West African countries, could be attributed to acculturation and the desire to improve communication and to simplify languages.
Do you know that some people believe you can barely breathe in the village? This is why people who live in rural or village areas find all the necessary means to move to the big cities, even if it means living in the "trenches" before they breathe. The population of big cities in Nigeria, like Lagos, has exploded because many people, especially young Nigerians, believe that moving to an urban area is the first sign of success or success. Blow.
Even though the term "you don't blow" is derived from the English language, it can be used in a variety of contexts. Three words, three ideas. The pronoun "you" is used to address the listener directly...
Don Jazzy and Olamide: two artists who do not blow! < /digit>
