My identity by Trailblazer Olaolopin

Festivities

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 13:55:25 UTC

This is christmas in nigeria, most people can't afford big trees , so we use only smaller plastic ones and hanmade ornaments

Religion, Tribal divide

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:01:44 UTC

We have 3 major religion and three biggest ethnic groups aswell. islam is practiced in the north where most of the hausa live. Christianity is praticed mostly in the west aned east with both the yoruba and igbo , while traditional worship (the worship of deities and idols ) are done all over.

Tribes

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:10:04 UTC

Although this picture has only a few names , we have over 371 cultures and languages. the 3 biggest tribes are the yoruba, hausa and igbo. i myself am yoruba

Values

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:15:37 UTC

Nigeria is very big on respect , espescially towards elders parents. The way you greet depends on your tribe i.e Yoruba , igbo, igaw e.t.c

Traditional celebrations

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:18:46 UTC

the eyo festival is cultural festival that takes place on lagos island(i never got to go myself), it is celebrated occasionally, without periodicity (it is celebrated on a random Saturday) which makes this event rare and exclusive. Eyos (the masquerades) celebrate a Oba´s (king) life.

Language

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:30:17 UTC

Due to colonisation english is the national language, and because of that typically parents and schools will ban the use of tribal language to enhance the student's learning of english.This is obviously contributing to the fact that most young people in my country can't speak their own language. i can but only enough for light conversatiuon which has till this day made me despise the schools i went to as a child because they practised this aswell. i'm still try to speak it on a daily basis. but now that i'm here in canada my parents are only starting to see the effects of what they encouraged and essentially funded. my english isn't still the best , but it's a bit easy for me to learn languages so it's not all a bad thing. I know how to imitate accents and that why.

Food

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:32:42 UTC

I still eat mostly nigerian foods, although i myself can only cook a handful ( but i know how to cook "white food" according to my mum). My mum hates the caucasian diet and hence we still eat like we are in nigeria , just less poor.

world views

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:40:48 UTC

From pre marital sex and virginity to smoking and drug abuse , nigeria supports none of these along with lgbtq ( without saying it out right). females are made to feel extremely bad for teen pregnancy e.t.c. I still dtruggle with accepting these things as well due to it being beaten into your skull from day one

clothing

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:44:42 UTC

To this day i'm uncomfortable with showing any skin, from my thighs to my fore arms, in my culture thats " whore " behaviour, and though i myself don't belive this , it still affects the way i see people . off shoulders are inappropriate, thin straps as welkl are " provocative" but the guys can walk aroud without a shirt.

I have ear piercings and i'm one of the lucky ones without tribal marks on my face and body.

Collective identity

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:48:54 UTC

I'm just a yoruba girl, this just who i am. It constantly clashes with the fact i'm a canadian aswell, in the sense of tribalism and the difference in values just makes me stand back and sigh

Christianity

oto163071 — 2024-05-14 14:54:40 UTC

I'm a christian girl , so kindness and moderation are big with me. It means the world to me, i even belive i sound best when singing praises to the lord