nigerian teenagers

With the end of January comes the dreaded “Where is your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner” storm for the next two weeks. Why is love so stressful now? The tension from sliding into DMs, the unending possibilities of chopping breakfast. It made me start thinking: the days of “Ama keep keep” shirts, peace signs and Supras ruled. And so I want to take us back for a moment — maybe the young ones will learn a thing or two from this.

1. 2go

Tinder and Bumble are still learning work. Back in the day, 2go was all you needed on your Nokia C3 to connect with the love of your life. Babes only needed to have sexy or queen in their usernames: “Sexychocolatemama33” or “Dynamicqueen231” and your request section would be filled up.

2. Lyric books

Naeto C probably bagged his premium pie, Nicole, with the lines from this book. Are you a millennial if you didn’t send one of those emotionally powerful notes to your crush as a good morning text? Lyric books literally gave 101 ways to keep your ship moving back then. Someone needs to run an upgrade because the good morning texts these days are week AF.

3. Summer lesson

Look, I’m not saying we didn’t go there to read, but what is life without a bit of balance? The summer lesson gist when school resumed was always fire.

4. JAMB Lesson

All I can say is, sometimes, it wasn’t JAMB that jammed us, it was the lover we were chasing that didn’t allow us to see road to read. Everyone wanted to be that couple that found themselves and strolled to buy food in between classes. I hope they finally passed JAMB and married sha.

5. Secondary school

Remember how boys used to jump the fence to give babes gala and yogurt during prep? Simpler times. Then there was that wicked senior that would flog you then leave a note professing foolish love, but of course, they didn’t born you well to tell anybody. Rumour has it that this is how BDSM was invented.

6. Visiting day in school

This one is for the boarding school students. Visiting day meant eating food other than the trash in school, but it was also a national day for finding love. It definitely wasn’t because of cornflakes or milo you said yes to that student in your dorm.

7. Sunday School

Any church that had a basement was a zone for lovers forteenagers. All the bible they used to teach was entering one ear and coming out another hole.

8. BBM

It always started with “how did you get my pin.” Next thing, you’re pinging all night and then planning to meet at Mr. Biggs for meat pie. Like they say, the rest is history.

Ortega

February 1, 2022

Inside Life

Gen Z, love, Nigerian millennials, nigerian teenagers, valentines day
1. It’s a cold night, I’m walking back and forth my parents room, wondering how to make this one request.

I wanted to go to a party! Not a birthday party or a family party or even a school party. I wanted to go to a club.
2. And that’s not the mad part,

I was 13.
3. The girls in school had been talking all week long about it, and when they invited me nko?

Waawu. First of all, I want to thank you all for this opportunity to mingle.
4. I eventually got the courage to ask my parents about going for my friend’s birthday, and they were like,

Waiiit, whatt?
5. I spent the entire night trying on clothes and dancing to Wizkid’s Superstar album

I’m ready to die on the line.
6. Fast forward to next day, what I planned to look like,

All hail the Queen.
7. After a long night, this is what I actually looked like

Yep. I showed up looking like a Rainbow.
8. I sat and watched as people danced, drank and smoked like

Wawu. All these people are going to Hell Fire.
9. And then I realised my friends probably abandoned me because I was boring.

Do I look like a clown? Am I crossing my leg too much? Am I smelling like soak-away? Damn you insecurity! Damn you!
10. I was like, you know what?

I’m out please.
11. Went out to get a cab and after waiting for a maximum of 5 seconds, I can say God strategically placed my parents passing by at the exact same time.

This is the day I died guys. This very day.
12. It was a silent ride home, and I was looking out the window like

Wow wow wow, is this how my life will end?
13. As we reached home, before I could fully understand anything, the first cane landed on my back

Kuku kill me dad. Kuku kill me.
14. Then suddenly suddenly, I fainted.

Come and see how everywhere scattered.
15. Bruh, I was just pretending

Everybody was praying and just pouring water unneccessarily.
16. That’s how they rushed me to hospital.

“My daughter stay with me!”
17. Next thing, what did my father tell the doctor, “Do pregnancy test.”

Waaaait, what?!
18. That’s how my fainting finished o

Like, daddy how did we go from fainting to pregnancy? How can I even get pregnant today today?
19. Last last, that beating that day is why I still don’t don’t enter clubs

Something about PTSD. Can’t be letting “Holler at your boy” trigger “I will kill you today.”
I wonder what else I don’t like because of the beating I received growing up.

20. So tell me, what’s that thing your parents beat out of you, and you still can’t do till date?

Eniola

May 29, 2018

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Sadly, black teenagers are often only covered in the news when matters of crime and bad behaviour arise.

So when they rise to the occasion of helping the elderly, they should be commended.
An elderly British woman, Zenaida Cabrera slipped in ice and lost consciousness right outside a Tesco store, late January 2016.

Fortunately for her, these four teenagers who happened to be walking to their St. Bonaventure Catholic School, at the time, rushed to her rescue. They took to action, with two of them staying with her till the ambulance arrived, while the others went to report at their school.
The following week, she paid a visit to the school albeit still healing from the fall.

As a show of gratitude, she presented a cheque of 50 pounds to Kyron Onireti, Charles Hamadi, Tyrese Attefuah-Appau and Gabrielle Adegoke for coming to her rescue.
These boys are showing that black teenagers aren’t criminals and are capable of showing kindness to others.

We are proud of them and wish them well.
What do you think about their commendable act of kindness?

Maryam

February 5, 2016

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british woman, Ghanaian, ghanaina teenagers, Nigerian, nigerian teenagers, tennagers

1. 2go

2. Lyric books

3. Summer lesson

4. JAMB Lesson

5. Secondary school

6. Visiting day in school

7. Sunday School

8. BBM

1. It’s a cold night, I’m walking back and forth my parents room, wondering how to make this one request.

2. And that’s not the mad part,

3. The girls in school had been talking all week long about it, and when they invited me nko?

4. I eventually got the courage to ask my parents about going for my friend’s birthday, and they were like,

5. I spent the entire night trying on clothes and dancing to Wizkid’s Superstar album

6. Fast forward to next day, what I planned to look like,

7. After a long night, this is what I actually looked like

8. I sat and watched as people danced, drank and smoked like

9. And then I realised my friends probably abandoned me because I was boring.

10. I was like, you know what?

11. Went out to get a cab and after waiting for a maximum of 5 seconds, I can say God strategically placed my parents passing by at the exact same time.

12. It was a silent ride home, and I was looking out the window like

13. As we reached home, before I could fully understand anything, the first cane landed on my back

14. Then suddenly suddenly, I fainted.

15. Bruh, I was just pretending

16. That’s how they rushed me to hospital.

17. Next thing, what did my father tell the doctor, “Do pregnancy test.”

18. That’s how my fainting finished o

19. Last last, that beating that day is why I still don’t don’t enter clubs

I wonder what else I don’t like because of the beating I received growing up.

20. So tell me, what’s that thing your parents beat out of you, and you still can’t do till date?

Sadly, black teenagers are often only covered in the news when matters of crime and bad behaviour arise.

An elderly British woman, Zenaida Cabrera slipped in ice and lost consciousness right outside a Tesco store, late January 2016.

The following week, she paid a visit to the school albeit still healing from the fall.

These boys are showing that black teenagers aren’t criminals and are capable of showing kindness to others.

What do you think about their commendable act of kindness?