Walk to the Flagship Center

A video of my daily walk from my host family's house to the Yoruba Language Flagship Center on the University of Ibadan campus. To read more about my experience in Ibadan, go to http://northoflagos.wordpress.com

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• Yoruba Language Flagship
• Nigeria
• Yoruba
• Ibadan

[NaijaBbyB]

Omggggg this question just popped in

My head. Have yu had any mr biggs or tantilizer yet ? Omgggg I miss the taste of those meat pies and ricee and the ginormous chicken. Pleaseee answer nd tell how yu likd it if yu did.

[harshie111]

@NaijaBbyB Of course I ate Mr. Biggs and Tantalizers! Great meat pies. I loved all of it :)

[MrSocool07]

lmfao @ the dude in the back who said Ayeeeeeee when she said greeted them lmfao

[44marjojo]

awww....am in love with this. U re so adorable! Nice! see? nIGERIANS ARE FREINDLY!

[VICTORIA81369]

@grazzellian It’s simply because is rare and flattering to see such a thing.

One of the reasons why many think that africans feel inferior to other people is because there are a lot of people like you who think so.

As a nigerian girl raised up in italy i’m always surprised and glad to see a non-italian person speaking

my language correctly.

[coziamdrealslimshady]

looool at these guys

[aitan844]

@grazzellian by the way since you came on here to be resentful what language do you speak again.? just sayin..

[aitan844]

@grazzellian no we do not feel inferior lol! well most of us dont and those of us who are educated, well travelled and born in western countries dont need to have a chip on our shoulders either. however i have yet to see any vids of black americans speaking yoruba or any african language so when you find one let me know okay? case closed.

[iyawodara]

As a young girl I visited my cousins who lived on campus. Their next door neighbor Scottish girl spoke excellent Yoruba in the early 80s. Glad to see more interest these days

[michlaseven]

thought the elder woman at the end said the others of her friends have arrived. That was an empty class..

[joroboam]

you are sweet and funny and a good film maker too!

[mbemiro]

THANKS Titi

[NaijaBbyB]

Oh Gud means they still awesome so if I go home..thts one thing tht hasn't changed

[beautifulgooal]

@grazzellian because we don't have a lot of white citizens in african countries so it's different except in places like south africa, namibia and zimbabwe.

[SoulfulLova]

@grazzellian Who cares?

[ffcaposinero]

my favorite!

[gvicman]

This is awesome.!!!

[470427]

u r such an inspiration to me.am not in nigeria myself.but u make me proud of coming from nigeria.thank you very much.love u

[grazzellian]

Why are Africans soooo impressed to see a "White " person speaking Yoruba? Many Africans are fluent in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and even Russian. Is this a measure of how Africans feel inferior about their own abilities and aspects of their Africanness? Why aren't White people popping their eyes out in admiration when Africans speak their languages; sometimes even more fluently than they do, especially polyglots?

[mela234candy]

well im glad i can understand but dont speak it because of my accent i dont want to mess up the pure dialect.......

[Outreachat]

@Outreachat: That's Kuti Hall at 2:40, with the Arts Theatre to the left, so you must have been walking past Sultan Bello Hall when those guys were calling out. Right? UI is different from what it used to be; maybe you were walking towards Tedder Hall from Mellanby. I have not been to UI in 10 years.

[Outreachat]

You must have lived somewhere around the staff quarters in the Bini Road neighbourhood; I recognize Mellanby Hall, and you seem to have also passed by the University Guest Houses. There are great folks at the Modern European Languages Department who receive Yoruba learners from places like Italy, Spain and Germany often; surprised they now have something new set aside for exchange learning. I salute your spirit; the best white expatriates can always be told from the way they socialize in Africa.

[vasselord]

one cool chic

[dvdaboh10]

wow! dat's a long walk

[Murf181]

am yoruba but i can't speak my language.... i want to speak but i have being too busy and yoruba is hard. thanks a lot, u really motivated me.

[folumos]

Great UI!!!!!