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Who in here is Nigerian?
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I'm Nigerian too, but I've never in my life met a person from Hausa/Fulani tribe although I know many Nigerians from all sorts of Southern tribes, especially igbo and yoruba.
That area is just very poor compared to the rest of Nigeria, and so you rarely see them in the states because the vast majority of the immigrants are from Southern Nigeria. It's kind of funny though because in number- most Nigerians are from the north.
I don't know what my hair texture is. I think that it is a 4.
That area is just very poor compared to the rest of Nigeria, and so you rarely see them in the states because the vast majority of the immigrants are from Southern Nigeria. It's kind of funny though because in number- most Nigerians are from the north.
I don't know what my hair texture is. I think that it is a 4.
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Chimma said:
I'm Nigerian too, but I've never in my life met a person from Hausa/Fulani tribe although I know many Nigerians from all sorts of Southern tribes, especially igbo and yoruba.
That area is just very poor compared to the rest of Nigeria, and so you rarely see them in the states because the vast majority of the immigrants are from Southern Nigeria. It's kind of funny though because in number- most Nigerians are from the north.
I don't know what my hair texture is. I think that it is a 4.
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I'm not Nigerian, but people of my country (The Bahamas is mostly black) are said to have descended from Yorubans, Dahomeys and I think Hausas & Fulanis (because of slave trade)
Chimma said:
I'm Nigerian too, but I've never in my life met a person from Hausa/Fulani tribe although I know many Nigerians from all sorts of Southern tribes, especially igbo and yoruba.
That area is just very poor compared to the rest of Nigeria, and so you rarely see them in the states because the vast majority of the immigrants are from Southern Nigeria. It's kind of funny though because in number- most Nigerians are from the north.
I don't know what my hair texture is. I think that it is a 4.
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I'm not Nigerian, but people of my country (The Bahamas is mostly black) are said to have descended from Yorubans, Dahomeys and I think Hausas & Fulanis (because of slave trade)
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Champagne_Wishes
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Chichi said:
What about the Fulani tribe (?) in Nigeria? Does anyone think that they have an impact on why we see so many Nigerians with type 2 & 3 hair? Hmmm...
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Chichi, I'm curious, are you Fulani?
Chichi said:
What about the Fulani tribe (?) in Nigeria? Does anyone think that they have an impact on why we see so many Nigerians with type 2 & 3 hair? Hmmm...
Chichi
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Chichi, I'm curious, are you Fulani?
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Champagne_Wishes said:
Chichi, I'm curious, are you Fulani?
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lol... anyone else find this funny?
(A bit of an inside joke, "ChiChi" is clearly identifiable as an Igbo name to any Nigerian. Just don't rub any egg in my face by telling me you're not igbo!!!)
By the way, I always thought Nigerian diets were for the most part carb-based. Sure they'll toss in vegetable soup and and meat into the mix but the main thing on that plate would be rice, plantain, bread, yams, potatoes, garri (processed cassava), amala... the list goes on....
I remember when my Mom made salad in my home town around Christmas time and no one would touch it! <puzzled look> "huh? we're not goats?!?!"
Oh, and definitely fruit, though. Fruits go in and out of season and I remember we'd always stock up and keep buying them like no mans business because that particular fruit might not be around year round.
Champagne_Wishes said:
Chichi, I'm curious, are you Fulani?
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lol... anyone else find this funny?
By the way, I always thought Nigerian diets were for the most part carb-based. Sure they'll toss in vegetable soup and and meat into the mix but the main thing on that plate would be rice, plantain, bread, yams, potatoes, garri (processed cassava), amala... the list goes on....
I remember when my Mom made salad in my home town around Christmas time and no one would touch it! <puzzled look> "huh? we're not goats?!?!"
Oh, and definitely fruit, though. Fruits go in and out of season and I remember we'd always stock up and keep buying them like no mans business because that particular fruit might not be around year round.
26INCHHAIR
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Wow, there are lots of ibgos on here and so am I. I though the same thing about the name Chichi on the board...her pic even looks like my aunt whos name is Chichi...but um yea...butI have 3c/4a hair and we eat lots of meats and the most common carb is rice, while we do eat lots of complex carbs along with gari which conatins lots of complex carbs
aprilbiz
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I'm not Nigerian. It's great learning a bit about your hair and diet though. I'm African-American and would love to take the blood test that's available to find out what my African heritage is. Most of us are believed to be from some part of West Africa, but there were some slaves taken from other parts of the continent as well. Okay...don't mean to stray from the discussion...
Chichi
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JaneiR36 said:
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Champagne_Wishes said:
Chichi, I'm curious, are you Fulani?
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lol... anyone else find this funny?
(A bit of an inside joke, "ChiChi" is clearly identifiable as an Igbo name to any Nigerian. Just don't rub any egg in my face by telling me you're not igbo!!!)
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No eggs here, I am Igbo
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Chichi
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Champagne_Wishes said:
Chichi, I'm curious, are you Fulani?
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lol... anyone else find this funny?
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No eggs here, I am Igbo
Chichi
Chichi
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26INCHHAIR said:
Wow, there are lots of ibgos on here and so am I. I though the same thing about the name Chichi on the board...her pic even looks like my aunt whos name is Chichi...but um yea...butI have 3c/4a hair and we eat lots of meats and the most common carb is rice, while we do eat lots of complex carbs along with gari which conatins lots of complex carbs
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Hey girl, my pic is Sade's (who is also Nigerian (Yoruba) and English). I put it up there to encourage me to wear more protective styles.
Yes, the Nigerian diet is full of carbs, some meat, and veggies too. Oh and protein (like moi-moi/bean pudding).
Anyone else here getting hungry with all this talk of Nigerian food?
Chichi
26INCHHAIR said:
Wow, there are lots of ibgos on here and so am I. I though the same thing about the name Chichi on the board...her pic even looks like my aunt whos name is Chichi...but um yea...butI have 3c/4a hair and we eat lots of meats and the most common carb is rice, while we do eat lots of complex carbs along with gari which conatins lots of complex carbs
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Hey girl, my pic is Sade's (who is also Nigerian (Yoruba) and English). I put it up there to encourage me to wear more protective styles.
Yes, the Nigerian diet is full of carbs, some meat, and veggies too. Oh and protein (like moi-moi/bean pudding).
Anyone else here getting hungry with all this talk of Nigerian food?
Chichi
MissJ
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Wow, cool thread. I'm not Nigerian, but I know some Nigerian women/girls. I don't think anyone of them have 3 anything hair. I know that my ex was Nigerian, and his sisters didn't have very much hair. It was like a boy's hair. When he was showing me his family picture I was gonna ask him where his sisters were until I figured out that they were in the picture but had hair like boys. His mom was in the picture, too. She was wearing one of those wraps on her hair. He has a cousin who goes to school here, and her hair isn't like that, though. It's probably a little above shoulder length and thick. Anybody know his sisters didn't have much hair?
Oh yeah, my ex is Igbo and from Enugu.
Chichi
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MissJ said:
Wow, cool thread. I'm not Nigerian, but I know some Nigerian women/girls. I don't think anyone of them have 3 anything hair. I know that my ex was Nigerian, and his sisters didn't have very much hair. It was like a boy's hair. When he was showing me his family picture I was gonna ask him where his sisters were until I figured out that they were in the picture but had hair like boys. His mom was in the picture, too. She was wearing one of those wraps on her hair. He has a cousin who goes to school here, and her hair isn't like that, though. It's probably a little above shoulder length and thick. Anybody know his sisters didn't have much hair?
Oh yeah, my ex is Igbo and from Enugu.
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If they don't have much hair and wear like twa, then it is probably by choice. Sometimes Nigerian women sport that look because of the heat. When I was younger I had very, very short hair but i have lotsa hair now...
Chichi
MissJ said:
Wow, cool thread. I'm not Nigerian, but I know some Nigerian women/girls. I don't think anyone of them have 3 anything hair. I know that my ex was Nigerian, and his sisters didn't have very much hair. It was like a boy's hair. When he was showing me his family picture I was gonna ask him where his sisters were until I figured out that they were in the picture but had hair like boys. His mom was in the picture, too. She was wearing one of those wraps on her hair. He has a cousin who goes to school here, and her hair isn't like that, though. It's probably a little above shoulder length and thick. Anybody know his sisters didn't have much hair?
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If they don't have much hair and wear like twa, then it is probably by choice. Sometimes Nigerian women sport that look because of the heat. When I was younger I had very, very short hair but i have lotsa hair now...
Chichi
MissJ
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I actually saw a picture of some Nigerian school girls in a magazine. They all had their hair like that, too. But if they wear their hair like that because it's hot then why wouldn't they wear their hair like that here? My ex (Obi) said that it gets hotter in Georgia than it does in Nigeria. I remember his first summer here he was telling me that he was getting sick because it was so hot. I asked him if it wasn't hot in Nigeria, too. Then he said that it's hot most of the time, but it doesn't go to extreme temperatures like 100 degrees as it does here sometimes. But he could have been lying to try to get me to let him into my dorm. You never really know with him. Anyway, as I said, it's hot here. Most of the Nigerian girls at our school wear braids. I'm thinking that they have really short hair like that, too, and wore it short in Nigeria. The ones who don't wear braids have short hair, but they have perms by now. Are they just trying to fit in with everyone else?
By the way, I know a Nigerian lady named Chi.
By the way, I know a Nigerian lady named Chi.
MissJ
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I think the really smart ones get scholarships to come here, and the ones who are extremely well off can pay their way through school here. So, most Nigerians and foreigners who have a chance to come here make the most of it by getting good grades and being able to go into medicine and other good professions. I've met very few foreigners who turned out to be "bums" as in not doing anything productive with their lives. I know my ex' best friend has a degree but works as a cook here at school!
Other than that, I don't know any one else. :d
Chimma, yeah, I heard something like that. But why? Hmm... I guess my ex' oldest sister liked afro look after school, because in that picture she was like 27!
Chimma, yeah, I heard something like that. But why? Hmm... I guess my ex' oldest sister liked afro look after school, because in that picture she was like 27!
bAbyGirLbX
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I'm sure many of you can back me up here ... but typically many Nigerian parents want there kids to be docs, lawyers, engineers or involved in a business related field. Check out any university and we are all up in those majors!!!
As with the short hair cuts Chimma is right. Almost all elementary and secondary schools in Nigeria require girls to cut their hair short. It's suppose to be a method used to prevent them from being distracted in class. In my opinion, once many of them leave school they try to grow their hair out and end up doing tooo much damage to their hair. For example..my roommate and her friends all had braids in their hair last week, then took them out and relaxed their hair and two days later had braids in their hair again. Then they wonder why their hair break soo much. This may be an overgeneralization, but this is what I have witnessed with friends and family members.
As with the short hair cuts Chimma is right. Almost all elementary and secondary schools in Nigeria require girls to cut their hair short. It's suppose to be a method used to prevent them from being distracted in class. In my opinion, once many of them leave school they try to grow their hair out and end up doing tooo much damage to their hair. For example..my roommate and her friends all had braids in their hair last week, then took them out and relaxed their hair and two days later had braids in their hair again. Then they wonder why their hair break soo much. This may be an overgeneralization, but this is what I have witnessed with friends and family members.
26INCHHAIR
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Its true and the whole long hair thing in Nigerian schools are said to cause commotion, and thats they "prevent" the girls from learning thats proboly why you may see pictures of them with short hair. Also, sometimes people there may not be so lucky as to find and use all the products we can in our hair...but regardless alot have thick hair despite their lack of some products
