Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Owning The Ankara

Hi all

While window shopping yesterday, i saw these very nice 'ankara' shoes in Aldo. I immediately felt pride seeing a thing that is known as proudly naija on dispaly in the streets of New York.

So i even proudly took a picture of my tie and dye bag which is also proudly naija, by the way :)

But hold on,....is Ankara a Naija commodity? I know we wear it a lot but i would really like to know the origin. Tye and Dye is from Ogun State RIGHT?!

Enjoy the pics!!! Poudly Naija




My Patch Bag (Tye Dye and Leather ;)

Beyone ...rocking it

The Easy Ride Clutch by Rebecca Minkoff

Robin by Jimmy Choo


The Garbo Satchel by Be&D

Superlight Aquilone by Bottega Veneta

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Home Away From Home



There are a lot of things  that make many of us qualify to be tagged "Nigerians in Diaspora". It might be the way we speak, the way we dress, the food we eat or even the jobs we find ourselves doing. Many times, we take pride in knowing that we can retain a certain degree of our "africanness" without having the white culture polluting what we call morals and values.

I went for a wedding party today and it was amusing to watch dollar bills were sprayed over the new couple and how people with law degrees gyrated to the music blaring from the speakers with the voice of Obesere in the air. Never mind the fact that these people would turn their noses at people who subcribed to such brand of music back home.

Well, back home things were different and now all we want is just a little Naijaness to get through the cold cold days ahead of us. I smiled at a man changing a hundred dollar bills into one dollar bills, i even relished the aroma of moin moin wrapped in foil because they couldnt find the banana leaves to tie the delicacy.

I will probably share more of my perception later tomorrow. I have to sleep now. What a partyyy!





Saturday, March 19, 2011

Sweet Tooth




Got a sweet Tooth?
 Hi everyone...someone...anyone

It's official! I'm a full time blogger now and im loving it!!!

Now, im verrry impressed with the way Nigerian musicians seem to be taking the industry by storm. the opertaive word there being "industry". What i dont get- yet- is their thirst and desire to become agents of change with PDP. I know Music is a strong force and i applaud their decison to "stand up and be counted" but why have they turned themselves to politicians over night. I cant help but wonder how much the PDP would have paid someone like Stephanie Okereke to stand up on a campaign stage in Bayelsa screaming at the top of her lungs "Goodluck and Sambo 2011!!!!"
And i dont even want to mention Kanayo 'Ohh' Kanayo's political ambitions. I mean ...how much do they have to pay these people to lick asses and kiss dirty soles? Puleeezeeeeee

Using celebrities to campaign is the cheapest trick in the book. Just because 2011 made ir popular doesnt mean i'll vote for the person who was interviewed in the "koko mansion" oops...Aso rock.

I cant wait for the contoversial presidential debate to begin (NN24 or not!) cos im not giving anyone my vote under the influence of sweet talk or sweet biscuits!