Sure, we’ve all had different lives — that’s the human experience — but as Nigerians growing up in Nigeria, some experiences were damn near universal. Experiences that could be summed up in the following lines.
WARNING: The lines below could potentially give you flashbacks to the nerve-wracking days of your childhood, not unlike the time Xavier mentally transported Magneto back to his childhood as a Jewish prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp because Magneto was kicking his ass.
In other words, strap in. It’s going to be a wild ride.
1) “Finish your food quick. Your lesson teacher is here.”
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2) “We’re going to the hospital to take injection.”
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3) “Go and bring your result. Let me see.”
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4) “If your note is not complete, come outside.”
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5) Your name on the list of noisemakers x38
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6) “Rats will eat you alive if you don’t clean your room.”
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7) “If I go and look for it and find it there, what should I do to you?”
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8) “Eat the food I’ve made or go to sleep hungry.”
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9) “Go and wear your slippers and meet me outside.”
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10) “I’ll deal with you when I get home.”
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11) “You’re resuming boarding school next week.”
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12) “It’s time for our weekly movie viewing of Agbara Nla.”
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13) “If you don’t go to church, you’ll be left behind when the rapture happens.”
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14) Did I not ask you to take the meat out from the freezer?!”
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15) “Bring the money. Let me keep it for you.”
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