Thursday, November 12, 2015

LIFE IN NIGERIA



   Hi everyone! Today I'm going to talk about Nigeria (It has no web site). You know that Nigeria is the most crowded country of Africa as well as one of the most crowded of the world. You should be amazed to know that more than 500 languages are spoken in Nigeria because of those sorts of people who belong to different tribes. Between these languages, there are four regional languages recognized as official. These are Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo and Fula. But as you already had thought, if any of them have different languages, how they could communicate with each other? Well, this is the reason why English is the official language! Here I leave you some important aspects about their customs:

   Food is very important in their culture. Whenever they have guests, they offer them food because it has a fundamental role in celebrations. It is a curious fact for occidental people that instead of using utensils for eating, Nigerians use their hands. Although it is considered a rudeness to eat with the left hand. They usually eat foods raised by themselves as manioc, yam and corn. When they have to cook it, they usually make a mush made with corn, millet and sorghum, or ragouts of meat and vegetables.

(From left to right: manioc, yam and corn.)


   Nigerian people has a society full of sexism. Man is considered superior than woman to the point that a man can hit a woman providing the injury don’t be permanent. Men, they are farmers and they also go to the market to sell their products. Women, on the other hand, should work and provide money to their family. Although they cannot have a well-paid job or work in a job considered “superior”.

(One of the hardest jobs women bear.)                             

   Almost every ethnic group allowed more than one wife to only one man. The ceremony takes place at the bride’s home and she has a price as some kind of compensation. It is usually made by money or cattle. The great majority of women get married when they are too young, and they often do it with men who are too old.


   There are some interesting facts about them which probably look strange for us. Did you know that it is very common for them that two men walk hand in hand? It is to a certain point unusual for us, but they only think about that as two friends walking and having an enjoyable conversation. Another aspect is that they haven’t the same concept of time than us. For this reason they are not punctual people, sometimes they suffer great delays.






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