HOW MUCH NIGERIAN DO YOU FEEL?

I’ve always said the National Anthem , the pledge, felt patriotic when I hear the national anthem playing on T.V, radio, at a match past, But when I say “I AM A NIGERIAN” How do I feel? How do you feel?

I bet some of you being Nigerian has more to do with seeing masses of people doing things that are often termed “naija ” ,”African man style” I bet you watch the news and think that Nigerians are people associated with the term tricky or sharp or smart or hustlers but you see these things from the perspectives of someone attending and watching a scene from a distance, Like a person in the “audience” looking in a great the ”show” being put at the stage, verbally being Nigerian, but soulfully being a person who just lives in it I think about being a Nigeria, like really pause and think and say it in my head and maul it over and I can’t help feeling excited and a bit nervous.

I used to think Nigeria was as title that shouldn’t belong to a single person that ought to be shared amongst a group of friends drinking at a bar or a group of people at the airport or a gathering at the market.

I often think accepting to be an individual “Nigerian” is a title too vulnerable and pious to be bestowed on a single person, But the truth is being Nigerian is an individual thing, Nigeria is you, Nigeria is me.

Being Nigerian is like having an international title Like being John Doe the Doctor, Or Jane Doe the Engineer, same thing as being John Doe the Nigerian. So I think “feel” Nigeria is feeling yourself but acknowledging your “Nationalism”. What do you think? How much Nigeria do you feel?

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Written by: La Anonyma