Made in Nigeria.

Made in Nigeria

When it is friday and as the sun sets the dim rays of sun lifting from the horizon, and the streets bustling with people lively with the anticipation of a fun night outing: two girls in  matching crop tops trading girlish whispers; the couples holding hands and standing under a lamp post their faces glistening in the light;a woman in a tight denim jeans and high heels waiting for a taxi and popping her gum aloud- Onyinye always drives to her favourite ngwo-ngwo spot to eat.

She always dresses in her Ankara dress or wears an Ankara headwrap with her ripped jeans on fridays. She loves her company policy on employees appearing on native attires every friday and she hates that she was made to wear  English suits or corporate gowns.

"Are we not Nigerians? Why should I suit up under this harsh Nigeria sun" She would say to  her collegue, Sabrina over their lunch. And she would always order fufu and egusi soup while Sabrina orders jollof rice and plantains. She says she was shy to eat fufu out and thought it a bit uncultured for a white collar jobber, Onyinye would laugh aloud at her.

"Americanah"She teases. "You are those Nigerians that would import packaged garri and frozen chicken."
  "You are too local" Sabrina would frown, frown lines etched on her forehead.
"Because of my Nigerianess."

Her Nigerianess made her hate pizza, the first time Sabrina took out to a movie and brought pizza and even complained how the hot dogs gave her stomach aches and gave it away to the lanky guy sitting next to her.

It made her ask Sabrina what kind of name 'Sabrina' was and what it meant.
  "I'm Onyinye" She always pipes up when she meets people."It means gift".

"I am Nigerian" She would raise her voice while arguing with Sabrina for her love for Fela, Sunny Ade and Asa's songs.

"Fela is aggressive and wears pants like a mad man"
She archs her brows and says "zombie" then throws her head back and laugh. "So what does lil wayne teach us,to wear tatoos and smoke weed".

So, on fridays, She drives to the Highlife club downtown alone without Sabrina, she hated her too Americaness about everything she even shopped at shop rite and never went to the market says it is too crowded. She enjoys eating her nkwobi and African salad there gulping down palmwine and listening to Highlife music.

She never thinks she was too much of  a Nigerian she loved everything about it; the food, fabrics, music and the diverse culture though she thought Nollywood was melodramatic . Everything was made in Nigeria for her.

We should  learn to patronize made in Nigeria things. We are not prefect we are getting there.