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THIS Friday's Free Downloads | Featured Artiste: Chudy
How was your week? Fantastic, I hope. The songs featured here today come from an artiste whose music had already been showcased on this blog in the past. His name is Chudy. Sometime in 2012, Chudy...
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The Gentleman Series | 2: He Must be Well-Groomed
Spiffy. Smart. Dapper. Those are just a few words that are related to "well-groomed." Technically, well-groomed means "well-dressed and scrupulously neat." In short:The Quintessential Nigerian...
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The Gentleman Series | 3: He Must Not Be Physically Abusive
This needs to be said. I am anti-physical abuse, before, during, and even after a marriage. It is simply thuggish, bully behavior that should not be tolerated. Besides which, you cannot put the...
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Being Politically Correct: Are Ethnic Groups called Tribes or Nations?
Growing up in Nigeria, one of the first things you learn in your social studies class is that Nigeria has three major ethnic groups: Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa. For whatever reason, the teachers never...
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The Gentleman Series | 4: He Must Be Responsible
Can you believe we are on Number 4 already? Thank you to everyone who has been following this series.The picture says it all, but I'll repeat it anyway:The Quintessential Nigerian Gentleman must be...
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NEW VIDEO [Official] Imela - Cute Sagay
About two years ago, as I was browsing through ReverbNation. I stumbled on an artiste's profile. His name was Cute Sagay, and the songs I listened to were: Make that Change, and Changes. After that,...
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This Friday's Free Downloads | Featured Artiste: Jid-Vocals
I have missed this series for a few weeks now. Did you notice? I did *shines teeth*Jid-Vocals // ReverbNationJid-Vocals was first featured here for a review of his song, Kabio'osi (Royalty) featuring...
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Pregnancy out of Wedlock Should Not Automatically lead to Marriage
A common practice among certain ethnic groups in Nigeria (and possibly Africa too) is to marry off a girl / woman who gets pregnant out of wedlock, to the man who impregnates her. I know it is an old,...
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The Gentleman Series | 5: He Must Not Be a Womanizer
Initially, I had planned to use the words "morally upright," but I figured that womanizer would pass along the message faster. A womanizer, of course, is a man who is unfaithful, cheats regularly...
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This Friday's Free Downloads | Featuring: O'Joe, Okiki Jesu, Joshua Owoyemi
Happy New Month! Yes, I know it's been a few days, but I still wanted to say it. Can you believe it is May already? My goodness! 2013, where art thou running to?So, today's free music comes from three...
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After Graduation: Giving Back to Your Alma Mater
Just about everyone knows that May is Graduation Month here in the US. A lot of graduations take place across the nation in this single month, including high school, college, post-graduate degree...
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This Friday's Free Downloads | Featuring: Rooftop MCs - Back At One [Album]
.... And just like that we are in the second week of May. How was your week? Not too bad I hope.Rooftop MCs, the 'Boys in the Building' are a rap/hip-hop duo whose career spans more than a decade....
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Do Family Obligations Prevent Nigerians from Saving Money?
Whether you are a Nigerian living in Nigeria or in the diaspora, you probably know someone who sends money regularly back home. Of course, if you live in the diaspora, you are likely to use services...
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Are Nigerian Parents Forcing their Children into Unhappy Careers?
I saw an article in the ABA Journal recently, and it simply said "Associate attorney is the unhappiest job in America, survey says." The article referenced another more popular article in Forbes,...
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This Friday's Free Downloads | Featuring Mosadi Kanjji and Tehila Crew
I recently learnt that it pays to stick with what works. Before I started blogging, I used to spend hours on ReverbNation looking for new music. I was literally on Cloud 9 whenever I discovered not...
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Mixed Secondary Schools Are Better than All-Girls / All-Boys Schools
You'll have to excuse the "primary-school-debate-lookalike" title. Remember those? The ones ending with "I am here to confuse you and not convince you that X is better than Y. Yes, I am sure that...
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The Changing Face of Inter-Tribal / Inter-Ethnic Nigerian Marriages in the...
The first thing that usually signals an inter-tribal marriage is the name of the wife and/or children. This is not always the case, however, especially where the first or last names are English names....
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African Grandmothers Tie Wrappers; No Trousers Allowed
Call this culture shock, if you like, but when I came to live in the US, I noticed this thing: Older (or should I say "elderly") women wore trousers. And even shorts. *gasp* Now, let's put this in...
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What Name Do You Call Your Grandmother?
While I was writing Monday's blog post, the idea for this blog post came to m: what name do you call your grandmother? (Okay, this repetition of the title was not a deliberate Nollywood-like move, I...
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This Friday's Free Downloads | Featuring Jahdiel, Marx Okereke, CKay & Lu-cid
This is the last of this series ... for the month of May. Why? Because today is the last day of May! Thank God for his mercies this month especially. June, here I come ...But before then, here is...
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