The delicacy. The sun. The people.
Nigeria is a testing country. The outside view of this country is harsh but deep inside it has beautiful people, beautiful villages, and languages.
Growing up there I was a sheltered child so I bear very little knowledge of the country. However, I was born there and lived there almost 9 years. I may not have traveled much around the country, but the little that I do know keeps me well informed in the goings of the country.
I love my family, but the nature that is Nigeria is to be tough, brutal and unemotional. To which in that sense I fail. I am extremely emotional, tears are my go-to emotion. However, one trait that I have gained from my heritage is my brutality. I may be emotional but I am far from easily showing emotional freeness, I detest speaking about my emotions and I shut those who share their emotions with me. I am extremely harsh on my thought to others. Something I am currently working on. I don’t hate people, far from it. I would love people to see and love me for who I am, but I can at a time be harsh in the way i approach people. I love them dearly but I am quite critical.
Life in Nigeria compared to the UK is much delightful. This focuses massively on my hate of cold. But in England, the people are different, not necessarily better but different.
I love how you give a different perspective of the country then you get in the media ( I know what that’s like coming from a place that is portrayed in a certain way while real life there is totally different). I can also relate to moving from a warm weather country to a cold one – not easy, but I love living somewhere different for a while – makes you appreciate your homeland that much more.
Thank you for seeing the angle I cam from when writing this.
Interesting read, I’ve never visited Nigeria so thanks for sharing your perspective!