…Cos I have. Just arrived today. If not for their short lifespan I would have done a giveaway on this blog for the nostalgic palates amongst us. But as it is, I’m going to have eat most of them.
Sowee. More for me.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Blogger of the moment: Yagazie Emezi
Way back when I was still pregnant with Tot and determined to give him a strong Igbo name, I took to the internet to make sure that the name I thought I made up didn’t already exist.
It did.
And it belonged to just one person.
Her name is Yagazie Emezi and she is awesome. For some reason, I don’t visit her site very often – probably once in three or four months. I’ll just be doing something when ‘Bam!’, I just have to check out her site and see what she’s up to. Maybe that’s the reason I didn’t notice myself falling in love with her. She sneaks up on you. Eziokwu, I love her karia Flavour N’abania right now and you guys know that it is not obere ihe I am talking about. I discovered her before I did Flavour anyway so everything is as it should be.
Another reason I love her? That accent. It is just a thick, Igbo, okro soup of an accent. She interjects with Igbo while she is speaking. (Her mum is Malay. I only mention this because a trip to Enugu state will give you twice as many American accents as you would find in the USA from people who haven’t even been across the borders of the state. If any of those fake-ass Enugu chicks had even a drop of blood from outside Nigeria…in fact Fulani blood sef, you could be sure that everyone would understand how they could not be expected to know any Igbo. And treat them with all adoration necessary.)
Needless to say, I did not name Tot ‘Yagazie’ in the end. Reading just a few paragraphs of her blog with show you what I saw: She possesses the name completely. Everything else would be a counterfeit.
Check out her youtube vids too (and I added a link to her name for those that didn’t know you could click the photo to get to her blog):
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED
I know the figures do not show on the survey itself but I am getting all your responses in a widget called ‘Feedback’ so thank you all who responded. And if you haven’t got round to it, you’d be doing me a massive favour, so please help. I need as many people as I can get.
If you would like the email version of this to pass along to your friends just let me know and I will email it to you. Thank you.
So you want to adopt a child?
***THIS IS A SURVEY LOOKING AT ADOPTION AMONGST IGBO PEOPLE. ***
Thank you to everyone who has already agreed to participate in this survey. I decided to do this here rather than send out individual forms because it would be easier to tabulate and you can send the link on to your friends and family.
Please be as truthful as possible when answering these questions. There is no judgement to be found here.
* By public or private adoption, I mean would you make it known or would you adopt in secret? Sorry if it’s poorly worded.
I would appreciate it if you pass this along to every Igbo person you know, male or female, irrespective of age or location. Daalu nu o.
The Hero Series: ‘My Igbo husband wants to marry an Igbo girl’
Dear Igbophilia readers,
Ndewo nu ndi oma m,
Kedu ka unu mere? I’m so glad that many of you have been waiting patiently for a new post since Easter. Thanks for all your messages and comments.
I’ve been up to my neck in deadlines but the the nearest one will be done soon and I will be back with more articles and stories for you to read.
In the meantime, here’s a dilemma for you to solve. This search term landed on my dashboard a few weeks ago and I was going to address it, but I thought, ‘Why not hear what other people have to say?’
Please take the time to read respond to this because someone’s life could depend on it.
What would you do if you were non-Igbo married to an Igbo man who wanted to marry someone else?
(I know hundreds of you read posts daily. The figures don’t lie. I’m asking you to please type a few words. Don’t do a browse-by. Pass it on.)
How to love Igbo things (or what you will). 