Should Nigerians Marry Nigerians? (Funny dialogue among parents)

[tony1985ize]

i like what Francis it doesn't matter who you marry find somebody that you love and respect your whole life forever. My parents don't want me to marry a nigerian woman because they are loud and they want money and marriage please. My parents want me to marry a non nigerian woman such as a white woman who will love and respect me. I want to have beautiful mixed race kids with a beautiful white woman and be happily married forever

[ngeri06]

That Francis man...love his openness and grasp on the matter!

[MissGracy88]

LOL, I am Liberian and this is not only Nigerian parents saying this. Almost all West African parents feel the same, mainly because of culture. My mom says, "she is praying to GOD & begging me not to marry an American or African American. However, my older bro has a Haitian GF & my mom loves her because she's respectful. So, in all I think/know what is meant to be will be. Only GOD knows.

[MissGracy88]

LOL, she said there's 'Nigerian LOVE too'

[jazzeyjamestv]

Nigerian girls especially youruba girls.. All they wanna talk about is marriage. All i wanna talk about is Sex.. lets fuck and be kool. till then.. i will be fuckin' that shit out of latino bitches.. I don't give a fuck.. it's my life. NAIJA STAND UP!! KILLA CALI.. STAND UP!

[porshprincess1]

loooool.. the 3rd parent is funny...

[OyOdime]

And why is someone BLOWING serious Yoruba.

[OyOdime]

I would also add that we should 1st work on getting along with ourselves first.

[OyOdime]

Nope, Nigerians marry whomever they choose to (as long as there is love and God) . Even us Nigerians have issues marrying each other (Yoruba, Ibo, and Hausa etc)....Please someone tell me what advancement has culture, tradition and tribalism given us in Nigeria except headaches, hate for one another, and unnecessary fights against each other...It's time for us younger generations to let these our parents understand. why are they all Yoruba?.....I rest my case.

[nwaocha1]

I LOVE my culture but that will not stop me from marrying whomever I damn well please; for me to fall in love with you enough to actually want to marry you, there'll be respect between us. if you respect me then obviously you respect my culture because like it or not I am an embodiment of the culture and environment that made. Once that respect is there (in both directions) then as my people would say make we dey carry dey go!

[hmm101alot]

there is love in nigeria, lol - that got to me aswell!

[Sam2Dem]

'there is love in nigeria' lol

[legaldefender]

The guy said "There is love in Nigeria." Huh?

[MegaEli1971]

we still holding on to crap culture..... done no good for the country in years.....

[KrazyStoopid]

@MegaEli1971 i know right... culture my black ass, ive had enuff of this "culture" these guys keep forcing down our throats. the second guy siad it, from what ive seen marriage in niaja is more like a patnership to them.

[MegaEli1971]

@KrazyStoopid ...its just so sad when you see pple like the lady saying all she is looking forward to is the sons wife coming to kneel down for her and stuff.. whats that got to do with 2 pple being in love and getting married... Young blood nigerians are starting to wake up and realise that this culture is getting us nowhere....when my kids grow old enough to marry... its up to them ....who they wish or love....thanks for the support

[MegaEli1971]

guy in the hat... get a life....

[MegaEli1971]

mummy... you be old school.. things have changed.... open your eyes.... thanks to the second guy... good point.....

[djzeez221]

Culshu Culshu Culshu...loool

[vidaliadear]

There are not enough uncles like the second uncle who spoke...

He's really speaking the truth, but too many people get hung up on 'wish lists' of things that are really parts, instead of a whole picture. It's like when you're planning for a house, instead of getting fundamental items like light, table, bed, you're driving yourself insane getting knickknacks and rugs and soap dishes. Abeg, get 99 soap dishes made of platinum, your house is still not in order~ lol

[IfImBeingHonest]

Those Nigerians in the diaspora should marry who they like. Just don't coming running back to your father when your akata boyfriend skips out on you when he finds out that your pregnant.

[vidaliadear]

@IfImBeingHonest 'Akata' is a pejorative term. If you want to talk about bad people, be specific. It's especially detrimental when there are Nigerian uncles/aunties whose spouses are African American and have had to work twice as hard to 'prove' themselves to the community, even while there are cruel or irresponsible people within the community.. And let's not deceive ourselves like no Nigerian man has ever abandoned his Nigerian wife in America to go home, marry someone ELSE & have kids.

[OnyinyeNwokorie]

all you hear this guy in the background on the phone..lmao

[dehjavoo]

smh my parents are like that!! and guess what the more the say it the more i dont want to marry a nigerian i wish they would just stop talking about it all the time maybe God will give me a Nigerian American with the same problem as me so we can laugh about it together

[ORONNEWAMI]

#2 -- great dad there

[crazymols]

and I'm just reading the rest of the comments.....I have been learning to speak Yoruba for 2 years now and I love it and I love learning about where my husband is from and all about his culture. I can't wait to visit Nigeria at the end of this year. I also agree with chinma85, u cnt marry someone from a different religion but a different ethnic background is totally ok as long are you are willing to accept and embrace each others differing cultures.

[crazymols]

I am an English lady married to a Nigerian and I have embraced my husbands culture very much so. I can kneel down to my husbands parents and say 'Ekaaro Sir, Ekaaro Ma'. I am agreeing with what Francis James says. I know how to show respect to anyone regardless of where I'm from or where they are from. And most importantly me and my husband love each other very much and we are very happy together with our little girl :-)

[MsOluwatoyin]

I'm so happy that my parents do not have that trappewd mentality..

[ordainmoyo]

urgh this video just pissed me off lol why are they being like this ?? is it by force to marry a nigerian person ?? .. at the end of the day its all about love and personality ah !

[jaemellah]

"the culsho! the culsho! the culsho!"

[chichilista]

"no if and but. gotta be a nigerian" *now let me return to my conference call!!*

iLOVE being nigerian!

[verygoodbrother]

My short and simple answer to this question. Quoting big pun

"I don't discriminate, I regulate every shade of the (ass)

Long as you show class, and pass my test

Fat (ass and) breasts, highly intelligent bachlorettes

That's the best, I won't settle for less"

[GoodJurnee89]

"Hold on stop recording"...still recording. lol

[lilly34cute]

The man in the brown coat is a good man and a smart and wise one. Love does not look at race, ethicity, religion etc. I can marry anybody as long the love is there. It's about time Nigerians parents get rid of that mentality of " you must marry a Nigerian because you are a Nigerian." It's wrong!

[chinma85]

@lilly34cute how can u marry someone of a different religion? The rest i agree...but religion? how?

[jalabi99]

Yes, the good old "she won't be able to understand our culture unless she's Nigerian" excuse. Meanwhile, here is a YORUBA woman speaking ENGLISH. Was she born doing that? No -- she LEARNED HOW TO DO IT. And the same with a non-Nigerian woman, she can LEARN about the culture you so love, and then teach it to her children. Anything else is just being a bigot.

[ilopearl]

@jalabi99 erm English is the National Laguage in Nigerian. Its not like she just picked it up a few years ago. Theres a big difference between speaking english..which everyone in Nigeria speaks and understanding the Nigerian culture

[onierho]

This Is A Huge Matter In B/W Nigerians

[Pauldedramaking]

haha quality ha, but nigerian girls are all girls personality are soo unappealin tho, they know how to push those buttons to piss you off but white girls are opposite that

[iMSoFlyiBlowMyMind]

hehehe..typical yoruba people...the francis guy was really reasonable, i like what he said..

[originaldelta]

too funny but it is the truth.