Diary of a Nigerian

todunokedara:

allday erryday ;) 

todunokedara:

allday erryday ;) 

brasngunz:

tika sumpter is gorgeous 

brasngunz:

tika sumpter is gorgeous 

(Source: hewantsmylips, via madeinafricaaa)

chinenye-chizoba:

avi0o0olaa:

Can we just take a second to acknowledge Kingsley’s eyebrows & hair tho? Whoa, is this recent? Dayum

Yess!!^ 

(Source: jhutchies)


Ghana, 1960.
[Credit : Marc Riboud]

Ghana, 1960.

[Credit : Marc Riboud]

(via thatnigeriankid)

Useful Naija phrases

1. Insult upon injury

2. Nonsense and Ingredient

3. If i sound u ehh, I will soon slap you

4. How Far?

5. Can I see your particulars?

6. Anything for me sir?

7. Are you mad?

8. Half-caste

9. Next tomorrow

10. Make I come block you dia

11. Lie, Lie

12. See me see trouble oh

13. Shift small for me lemme sit

14. abeg vamus / abeg commot

15. nonsense say wetin happen

16. Abomination

17. Over my dead body

18. God forbid bad thing

19. I need to retouch my (h)air

20. any word with "bloody" e.g. bloody fool, bloody

liar, bloody idiot, bloody civilian

21. Na wa oooo

22. Tell me something

23. Why do you want to know my name?

24. Abeg joor!!

25. Can u imagine.....

26. wonders shall never end / cease

27. Tofiakwa (n some people feeling janded will say TUFI!!!!)

28. Chei, Kai

29. Oya me we dey go

30. Hold on lemme branch somewhere

31. Come and Escort Me

32. Stop at that junction over there

33. Borrow me your pen/biro

34. Still yet

35. Me and you will enter the same trouser

36. You are so annoying

37. Why? Because Y has a long tail and branches

38. What is the time? Quarter To buy your own

39. Effico

40. ITK- I too know

41. Muumu

42. How are you? "We"re managing"

43. and so what?

44. I want some assorted biscuits e.g. Rich tea, Digestive

45. Your face look familiar or similiar(kano horses)

46. You are so daft

47. NFA- No future ambition

48. Are you already ready?

49. That is so dry!

50. My belly is full

51. Did they sack you?

52. I trekked all the way here

53. Where is the toilet, I want to piss

54. I want to drink cold mineral

55. Which ones now?

56. Can u imagine, he was trying to toast me

57. Jacker

58. Your head is not correct

59. Have you seen that film before?

60. Just imagine!

61. My school fees money

62. No wahala!

63. Revise back small

64. Oya, shake body

65. Shine your eye

66. Carry go

67. Don"t try me o

68. Enough effizzy

69. Nna, You chop?

70. Ashewo bastard!

71. What happen?

72. We must wash am!

73. Eeyin, but why? (meaning ore/aboki/friend-- why now?)

75. No be soooo!

76. I will see you today, athink?

77. Cold iced water!

78. abeg commot 4 hia

79. we"ll hook up next week

80. dat chick is BUNZ!!!!!!!

81. BEANZ!

82. Na Yam?

83. Shakara (olooje)

84. Na so we see am o!

85. How we go do am now?

86. Like say....

87. You can"t do more than a dead rat...

88. Na you sabi

89. cold dey catch me

90. I no send

91. shey you grab

92. ma guy, leave am

93. you dey jones

94. you go roast

95. na for your head

96. we go jam

97. I go burst ur head

98. Bros how far

99. How e dey do u

100. No be Goooood?

101. Lend urself brain

102. e get meaning

103. nonsense and japajantis

104. walai talai

105. a han now

106. nothing dey happen

107. e get as e be

108. na condition make crayfish bend

109. nothing dey happen

110. yes oh!

111.ki lo happen

112.ur head no dey dere.

113.u go wound ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

114.EFREBOOOOOOOOOOOO......

115. waka....

116. Iti boribo

117. you wan chance me?

118. Abeg i nor fit shout!!

119. okpolor eye

120. Agbaya

121. Oshofree

122. Boboh kon nice!!

123. He's my uncle/cousin/

124. Abeg, cut for me na!

125. you nor gbegae the babe?

126. Gather-brushing

127. konking

128. shookuli(W.A.E.C doings)

129. to Sakpa person( to search one by force - effrun boys)

130. I don Kreh!! (Pocket don dry)

131. Abeg, last me na!(speech after gbagudu)

132. Abeg dress go front

133. Why you dey form??

134. I don fade oh!!

135. Before Nkor??

136. You dey craze?

“A drunkard forgets his misery; an unserious person forgets tomorrow (or the future).


Ọ̀mùtí gbàgbé ìṣẹ́; alákọrí gbàgbé ọ̀la.

— Yoruba Proverb via Yoruba Proverbs (via dynamicafrica)

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