Are Nigerians Arrogant And Loud? | The African Narratives Podcast

There is a perception that Nigerians are loud and arrogant. Popular Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie even got panned and criticised by her fellow Nigerians when she stated that Nigerians are casually arrogant. In this podcast, Dr. Deborah Maufi and Femi Soewu discuss if there is any truth behind this commonly held view. There are also contributions from amongst others, Professor PLO Lumumba, Chimamanda herself, Julius Malema. Also there are contributions from ordinary people on the street.

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Are Nigerians arrogant? Nigerians, they are not arrogant. But Nigeria is real because we don’t take nonsense. We don’t take no for answer. So, Nigerian people, any Nigerian you see that they think they are arrogant, check their background, check what they are doing, you will see them that they’re hard working people

And these are the people, they have goals in life. Welcome to the African Narrative Podcast I’m your girl Debora Maufi. And today I’m here with my co-host, Femi Soewu. As usual we will be talking a lot about Africa. It’s always Africa. But before we get started

Don’t forget to hit the subscribe button down below for more content on African culture, joy, everything. Africa really. So let’s get started. Today we will be talking or trying to answer one question that the famous Chimamanda asked; are Nigerians casually arrogant? We will be sharing a lot of insights from other Africans

Other than ourselves. So yeah, let’s get to it. So today we are talking about the question of Nigerians being arrogant. So before we go on let’s hear what Chimamanda has to say to put everything in context. There is also something really sad about the idea that we haven’t had

A woman governor in this country. I think it’s shameful. I mean when you really sit back and think about it it’s wonderful that we’re celebrating the possibility, why has it taken so long? There are many countries that, you know. We Nigerians have this casual arrogance about us.

We think that we’re better than everyone else. For no reason oh and but the’re many countries that we think we are better than, and those and those countries have managed to have women governor. So we should celebrate but I think at the back of our minds

We should also have a bit of shame. Chimamanda is saying to everyone now that Nigeria casually arrogant. I think to put it in context what she means is; we talk a lot but in terms of women equality for example, in government in Nigeria, there is still a long way to go.

Nigeria has 36 states and not a single one of them has ever had a woman governor. we have commissioners at lower rung of government but really at the top it’s always been that way. And everywhere we go, we Nigerians like to think we are the best in everything.

And when you look at the rest of Africa for example, and that’s the point I think Chimamanda was making. In Rwanda for example, almost two thirds of the people in parliament are women. Tanzania as well. 37% women. The president of Tanzania is woman. Liberia has had a female president.

Malawi has had a female president. Ethiopia Ethiopia. Ethiopia has a female president. I’m sure I’m forgetting a couple of countries. But you see also in in Kenya, in some of the provinces it’s women who are leading. That is the arrogance she’s talking about. So as somebody from Tanzania what has been your experiences

In your encounter with Nigerians? Have you encountered Nigerians (except me of course!) My sister is married to Nigerian. I’ve been to Nigeria. So I’ve encountered a few thousand Nigerians. I have some Nigerian friends as well. Do you think they are arrogant? do you think they are loud?

Do you think they fill the space when they are there? What’s your experience? Your sister is married to a Nigerian you said. Yeah You’ve been to Nigeria. I’m sure there are lots of Nigerians living in Tanzania. Oh yeah. Yeah. I don’t know if I would say the arrogant

I wouldn’t really use the word arrogant specifically are you just saying that because you’re afraid your brother-in-law Oh no, could, oh no. I don’t wanna get a punch from a Nigerian next to me. I gotta watch my words. no I mean yeah some individuals could be perceived as arrogant Nigerians, but

I use another term when I describe Nigerians. Passionate. Nigerians are passionate about everything they do. Whether it’s a good thing or bad. Whether I’m scamming you, I’ll do it passionately. Or whether I’m loving you or love you but I like it’s, everything is so passionate. That can be conceived as, you know, arrogance.

Or intimidating. Or intimidating even. Yeah Also people say all Nigerians are loud. You know, They take up a lot of space to feel about, why not? You know they just speak up and speaking up has never been a problem. Speak up! You know. However because different cultures, different people,

I mean Nigeria is one of the say the loudest country in Africa. If you come to, I’m East African. I’m from Tanzania, and the Tanzanians we’re known to be more quiet, you know. Eastern Africa, you know, much in Central Africa is the more chilled chilled society.

But then you look at the success of Nigerians. It’s the most educated. country. Both men and women actually. Yeah in Africa. When you look at inventions and everything, music, a lot of things, Nigerians are the ones who are in the forefront. Because they’re loud. They take up that space. They see an opportunity

They go for it. You know. So it’s not much arrogance. However given that the difference in emotions or how we express our emotions in different nations, different cultures, Europe and Africa as well, Nigerians might come out as loud people or arrogant people.

It’s just that we are not used to that type of emotion of somebody to actually speak. But the’re arrogant Nigerians. I’m not discarding that. The’re Oh tell me about the arrogant Nigerians. everywhere. You know. But yeah. Tell me about your experience with an arrogant Nigerian. Yeah. That’s a good one.

I do know a Nigeirian I’m not gonna mention names or anything because this but in a, I’ll just explain it generally Nigerians, for example, if you marry into a Nigerian family, yeah and you are the woman it’s very different it. It’s basically everything is done based on what the Nigerian man says.

What his family says and does, and you? You are just part of you know, of that entity. You’re just there for decoration. You’re just there. But it’s really that you know, that it’s a yeah no one else is better and what I say goes. That’s a lot.

Especially with Nigerians who actually live in Nigeria. You know. And then you come to the other end of those highly educated Nigerians as well. It’s good to show off your skills. You know, your expertise and everything and a lot of high performing Nigerians, yeah. But then also on the other hand,

There’s the look of yeah. How can I put it? Have you ever had a conversation with a Nigerian where you’re just having a simple discussion, plain English and all that. But then they feel the need to show that, okay, I’m better at you in this so I’m gonna use

The most complicated vocabularies there are! We will not be understanding each other in this conversation. have you that that’s just this small small examples. yeah and yeah. As a Nigerian I don’t know any better. the purpose of a conversation, of a discussion, or an argent, for us as Nigerians is,

I have to show you I’m better than you. Yeah I’m not listening to what you’re saying. No You have to listen to what, yeah I am saying. And it doesn’t matter if you have the best argents, because I’m not listening I have to out shout you. Yeah And then if I feel,

It’s not a discussion that you win based on argents, it’s a discussion based on how much I can intimidate you into submission. Yes. So you have to listen to me. Because I know best. That to me, is a sign of us being arrogant. Yeah. That’s how we are. And when I say

This is how we are, before all the Nigerians on internet will start throwing stones at me we are just talking generally. So we are stereotyping now. Behind that, we are also intelligent. Yeah. I don’t what I just don’t believe is, unlike what some other people say,

We are not more intelligent than other people. We see things. We see opportunities. We back it up with our voices. And you know we stand there and say, even if I’m wrong I’m gonna go down. Yeah. Let’s play what Professor Lba said about Nigerians. As long as Nigeria is not at ease

Africa will never be at ease if Africa wants to be at ease Nigeria must be at ease. She’s the largest economy in Africa. She has the population of over nearly 200 million people. She is represented in every sector. If you want the best engineers in the continent, they are Nigerians.

If you want the best doctors, they are Nigerians. If you want good lawyers, they are Nigerians. If you want good people, they are Nigerians. But also if you want Yahoo boys, they are Nigerians! Nigeria is a great country. A friend of mine once told me,

That if you go to any part of the world and you do not find a Nigerian, leave that place. Because there is nothing to do there. When I first went to Kenya, before I went some friends of mine were saying to me Kenyans are very loud. So I’m thinking to myself,

I’m not sure they gonna beat Nigerians to that. So I go to Kenya and what happened was, yeah Kenyans were loud in their own way. But if Kenyans are loud like one decibel, Nigeria’s are loud, 20 decibel. It’s 20 times. But in East Africa, they have that reputation like they are the ones.

And then I went to Tanzania and I was just surprised. That’s just a neighbouring country. I was just surprised at the quietness. Yeah, you could say, hbleness. In fact, I would even say, meekness of the Tanzanian. And they are like they don’t, they’re not gonna hurt a fly. They are very polite and

And I’m like, how do you guys do business? How do you succeed in things because you are so polite? Okay, oh. We say thank you with everything. Please can I pay you? Please can I? And then I went to Rwanda, and then I’m like, oh! That’s even totally like dead. I mean

I’m talking from the point of view of a Nigeria now. Next, you see a Nigerian coming to Tanzania and he comes, he stays in a one room apartment, maybe eight of them are living there for one year and then the next year he has a villa. Yep. Yeah. Yeah I mean,

I actually think that’s smart with Nigerians in the sense that yeah if you you live within your means or below your means in a one bedroom but you have your goal. Then when you leave that place you actually going for the exact goal that you had intended to

Rather than living outside your means just to show that I have this. But Nigerians also can show off. When Nigerians have something they show off proper. Anyways Um what are we talking about? I got distracted by the Kinondoni people. No about, the entrepreneur Enterp that’s a big entrepreneur difficult word for entrepreneurship

And the go-for-it attitude of Nigerians. We see opportunities even where there are none. Yeah yeah. I should be asking you that cause I don’t know where that comes from. You know usually you think that those who struggle the most in the past tend to be more go-getters. You know.

But we’ve seen that in some countries that people have suffered a lot but they’re still not that. They’re still Meek, that’s all, timid or something, you know. I don’t know what Nigerians went through in their previous life. Some traa that they just said no one is going to mess with us ever again!

I don’t know what it is, but it’s definitely commendable. I don’t know you should tell me. What did you guys go through to become this? You know. Yeah, I’ve I’ve actually spent time thinking of that and I just don’t know. I think when you look at the population of Nigeria, at the moment,

It’s about 230 million so that makes us around the sixth largest country in the world. But when you look at the size of Nigeria, Nigeria in Africa it’s not even the, it’s not even the top 10 in terms of size. Maybe it’s because we are so many people in the small space. Yeah.

That everybody needs to elbow each other and like, hey I’m here and there, we have tribes that are really really really very competitive with each other. Yeah. So I think that is a part of it. Yeah. The other way to explain it is; I’m Yoruba. And before I was born

My father knew I was gonna be a doctor! oHh yeah that’s that’s not just Nigerians that’s a (okay) African. (okay) Whether you’re a doctor, a lawyer, or an engineer and a pilot or a pilot, anything else, h h. While we are at it, Deborah here who is speaking with me today

In the podcast is a doctor. By choice. Doctor by choice. And we’re talking medical doctor so that you know. But you know, she is Tanzanian, she’s too hble to announce that. So I will as a loud Nigerian announce that for all of you to know. But she’s really a medical doctor.

Doctor Debora Maufi. Nobody looks at what your capacity is. You have to be this and your father would do everything to realise that dream and if that is not realised then you, you have brought shame and failure to the family. What is the saying? Nigerians say; hey my enemies have succeeded. Hey

Hey you want to bring me shame oh hey sha. Yeah. The last time both of us were together in Tanzania, we met two guys from the Seychelles. And as usual, we asked about how Nigerians are. First of all tell me where you are from. Me I’m from Seychelles, Paradise Island.

The small islands is nice. Very nice. Are there Nigerians there? Yes sir! There’s Nigerians there. My aunty is with a Nigerian. Yeah Her sister is with a Nigerian. She’s also a Nigerian? She’s Tanzanian. Oh okay. We have Nigerians, we have Kenyan people. But you don’t sound like Nigerian. I’m Nigerian 100 percent.

100 percent? Not 100 percent. 100 percent bro. Maybe you’re out of there for a long time, so now you have cooled down. Okay Nigerian temper. Because even if they are sweet with their wife, they talking, how do they talk? They calling their wife. Hello wife come over here and cuddle with me!

Come now come over here cuddle with me now. Are they fighting with their wife? No, no,no. This is how sweet. that’s sweet that’s sweet. The sweetest voice they can hear. Hey wife come back here right now cuddle cuddle with me. you see the sweetest right now. Tell my wife to come here.

When they start talking when they’re angry the first word come out you run. If this is the sweetest word they can say to their wife, just think about they get into trouble with someone. The first, listen! Ha ha, already gone. I don’t listen to the rest.

But where where did you get to know Nigerians in Tanzania or in Nigeria? We get lots of Nigerians. In Seychelles or on the, Even here. Most of them security guards. Okay. There’s a reason. Why? Because when they talk only one time. Sir excuse me step back there! You step back there.

I’m talking to you. You have to listen to me. I’m the one in charge here in front of this door. Okay? Let’s roll back to the question of being arrogant. Is being arrogant is it a bad thing? Depends. I think that it really it really depends on the circstances or the context.

Why are you being arrogant at this point. So it’s not not necessarily a bad thing. I can’t really give an example of a situation where arrogance would actually be alright. But it most likely would be in an oppressive situation. That somebody is oppressing me

Then if arrogance is a reaction that I can give that will get me out of it I will be arrogant. Yeah. But you know one thing he said that the wife if a Nigerian is calling his wife like you wife come here. Come cuddle me and that but also if

If you’re getting into an argent they’re also as loud. And this brings me back to my point earlier. That they’re passionate about everything they do whether it’s fighting or loving, you know. It’s all so much passion. It’s so interesting or even fighting it’s really just so interesting. Even greetings Even greetings? Yeah okay.

Sometimes I see two Nigerians bping to each other on the street and they’re greeting each other and I think yo are they fighting? But it’s all love. And I’m like okay okay. Until you see them smiling or something then you know oh okay. But they can start attacking each other like yo

Yo and Dada dada and you’re like whoa. Chill. But then you see, oh okay no actually this is just passionate greetings. you know. So it’s yeah that’s just interesting how Nigerians approach life. If you are watching this or listening to this, please don’t forget to subscribe.

Subscribing to the channel or to the podcast really helps us to make quality programs. Sometimes we confuse being arrogant to being to you know, wanting to reach your goals. Couple of years ago, Burna Boy, at Coachella in America. He was programmed to be one of the artists there. And as usual,

You know, he’s from Africa so his name was written in small letters. whereas some of the so-called biggest stars in America were given big letters. And he as a Nigerian of course said, no. You are not going to do that. He said my mother cannot find my name when she got the poster.

She couldn’t find my name there. So you have to make it bigger. And some people, actually some Nigerians, were saying to him at that time you should just have been grateful that you are going to be in that festival. So but he said no. if you want me there

You are going to show me respect. The way you guys have been treating Africans this has got to stop. And then they change it and then that led to him making that alb The African Giant because he said, I’m a I’m a giant in Africa. So you cannot put my name there.

Do you see a Tanzanian, a Kenyan, a South African, a Liberian, an Algerian artist doing that? I must say there’s a reason why Afrobeats now is really Nigerian music like that. like I mean Afrobeats is music from everywhere but there’s a reason why it’s mainly Nigerian. A lot of other African artists wouldn’t.

The’re a lot of other African artists who had this platform in the past to actually perform and their names on the list but nobody spoke up about it. And I think that ownership or recognition of talent despite, even though it’s just within the African continent for example, Burna Boy was

Very famous in the African continent at that time already before he crossed borders to become big all over the world. Him being confident and realizing that yeah I am great and the fact that they actually want me to perform there means that they saw something great in me.

So I’m not going to underplay it you know. And that speaking up is something that a lot of us Africans are missing. And now I don’t know where it comes from it’s probably because of our traa and history of you know, oppression and colonization and slavery and everything,

But this is a good example of how Africans nowadays are just getting tired of being in the back seats and want to take the space that they deserve. So yeah but like you say there are a lot of African artists who had this platform in the past but have not spoken up about

Or have had other opportunities in the world but just took it as all that I’m lucky so I should be very grateful and you know and just take it because this is this is just an opportunity that I’ll probably not have had. But if we switch our mentality to

They want me to perform so they must have seen something in me and I’m gonna show them what it is but I need to also take ownership of who I am and my talent that I’m not just a subordinate subordinate or a sub-musician that you know, yeah. It’s a matter of stepping up.

Years ago this BET Awards, it’s supposed to recognise artists of black origin, and what they used to do at least for five, six, seven eight years I remember Eddy Kenzo won that award about eight years ago they were always giving them those awards behind closers, backstage, until this Nigerians, the Davidos, the Wizkids,

The Burna Boys said we not coming if you are not going to give us the award on stage with television, live on TV. And now it’s been just completely normalised. Yeah Burna Boy is one of the artists playing on the main stage of the coming Grammy Awards. Yeah yeah so

I think some people confuse being arrogant with being you know, positively aggressive to get what’s yours. I guess. I mean and sometimes it’s not even aggression it’s just like positive aggression like when we are talking now I sometimes I have to reduce my vole I I just remember, oh

I’m I’m talking with you. We are just naturally loud. And in some cases we are loud for no reasons. I have to be honest. Talking about loudness, let’s see what Julius Malema had to say about why he likes Nigerians. You know one thing I like about Nigerians

Is not about these things that you accuse them about. A Nigerian man if he comes in here and speak you won’t doubt that this man has got confidence. So white people refer to them as being rude. That’s why in Nigeria you don’t find a lot of white people.

Because when you speak to them and they don’t hear properly, yes ah WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? and then you think he’s fighting like, no he wants to understand what he’s not fighting. but you they told you that if you don’t hear, sorry sir, can you repeat that.

So they enjoy that. they enjoy this submissive attitude of a black man. Because to them you are boys and girls. They don’t enjoy a person who speak standing firm looking right into their eyes and unshaken. That’s what we should be. Yep that’s very true. No why dim your lights

You know? Why dim your lights? Just go out there and be who you are and show people who you are, you know, No we cannot be loud it to be a tower of Babel! Yeah, that’s that’s how I see it. I mean I think it depends on the setting where you are

And this and that. You know there’s common decency. That there are situations where you just need to be respectful and mindful. Actually mindful, that’s one probably, of other people around you. Yeah but I I think a lot of Nigerians do recognise that and they do know when to to be mindful of that.

You know, But I don’t see why Nigerians should dim their lights just because they’re termed they’re loud or this and that. I mean they are they are setting examples and that’s why a lot of successful Africans I mean the richest man in Africa is Nigerian well until resently now it’s South African.

But no actually, this week he came back he came back. He was like no way no way you’re taking my seat. So you see that’s what I’m talking about so there’s a reason why Nigerians are very successful and if Nigerians are to dim that light, they probably they just did not, you know

Be as loud or speak up they probably wouldn’t be there where they are, you know. So it’s I don’t see the negativity to it. Like like Malema just said, that yeah we need to speak bravely and openly and you know, loudly.

But I think to come back to the original speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie we are casually arrogant because we think we are the best in everything. Do you think Nigeria as a country is better than any other country in Africa? No. Because that’s what most of us believe

Even though we are emigrating or migrating yes to those countries we think those countries we think we are better than. No I don’t I wouldn’t particularly say that Nigeria is the best country. In fact for you to survive Nigeria, man you need a completely different set of nerves. Nigeria something else, you know.

You have to be sharp & quick oo in Nigeria otherwise you will not succeed. But also once you know when you achieve so much you should also be proud of it. So there’s nothing wrong to feel that you are the best and you’re better and this and that. Because

But do wehave to go round and you know beating our chests and saying we are better than, you know, some other countries? Because one of the guys that also spoke, because I went on the streets to speak with some guys, he actually says clearly Nigeria is better than all other countries.

It’s a nature of a Nigerian to be arrogant. it’s a nature of a Nigerian to be good sometime but being arrogant is just a nature as the way I see it. But there could be 200 people from Gambia here you will not know any one of them. Why are Nigerians very loud?

No! Nigeria when we talk about Nigeria, in Africa alone we are we are different. We know a lot of things that other African people don’t know. So we have to be different in any kind of way they don’t expect us to be. Is that in itself

Not arrogance? That we know a lot of things other Africans don’t know? No! There is a lot of things Nigerians know that other African people don’t know. We are wiser. We know, we are smart in everything. Like you can teach Nigerians some things like this now before two days, you know it

But you can teach other countries it might be taking a long, so there are some good way of Nigeria there are some bad way of Nigeria. So that is it. That’s a Nigerian, you know, telling us that Nigerians know they are wiser. How do we measure that? We just asse

And when I mean for me traveling to many other countries I’ve seen a lot of things that I’m like Nigeria, Nigerians need to be more hble in terms of how Nigeria is. In terms of even Kenya, even Tanzania, there are things I see there that I’m like these things are much better.

We have Nollywood. We have Afrobeats. We have all the so-called engineers and the doctors but how many of them are actually in Nigeria doing things in Nigeria constructing roads and all of that? Because most of those contracts to construct roads are always given to foreign companies. So I feel like if we

If I’m gonna say I’m better than you, I’m a better cook than you I should not be coming to your restaurant to eat. No And you see a lot of Nigerians leaving Nigeria to go to Gambia, Liberia, there is no country in Africa where Nigerias are not going to for greener pasture.

So what’s the arrogance of saying we are better than the other people? Does that come mainly from diaspora Nigerians or local Nigerians? We talking local Nigerians. Yeah good question! It’s just something that is embedded in us. We grew up with that, that we are better.

We hate our own country, when we are there but we are better than you and you and you and you! But Nigerians also feel that they’re better than other Nigerians. Like it’s really a very competitive culture. Yeah Yoruba think they’re better than Igbos and the Hausas and this and that and yeah.

It’s a competitive upbringing. So I don’t know what you guys went through. So me as a Yoruba, I was brought up to think I was better than other tribes and those other tribes were brought up to think that they are better. Yeah all of us say when we are actually talking

We talk like Nigeria is the worst place to live but once we are going to get out of the country we go to other countries and tell them how to run their business, yeah because we know it better. I agree with you should be more hble but with that hility

Also celebrate your wins. cause Cause they are Nigerians like you said they’re everywhere. Netflix I like watching Netflix a lot and African movies on Netflix mostly Nigerian. There are few South African but it’s mostly Nigerian. Yeah. And I’m like, yeah they should be proud. Why not? They are paving ways.

But if we are if we are that good, why are we not staying in our own country? Because corruption. Nigeria like, oh yes that’s another point. Nigerian, like they said that they’re good at every they’re better than ever they also better at corruption. So that also becomes So yeah, so it’s

It’s I want to make myself rich and that’s it. Politicians in Nigeria, most corrupt in the in Africa probably, you know. Because, yeah there there’s a lot of money in Nigeria. Nigeria the economy Nigeria is massive oil and a lots lots of resources, same applies to a lot of African countries, but yeah

Nigeria is one of the yeah but corruption. You go here this oil refinery, this, this mine, this, this is it it’s owned by governor so and so by the president, or by this by that. Majority of these things are either owned by foreigners or by government officials true or false, yeah.

The local people are left to vend for themselves and that’s what makes everybody want to run away from Nigeria. To go somewhere else for grenner pastures because they know as Nigerians they’re very smart and they can survive anywhere so let’s just go somewhere where we don’t need to worry about this.

I don’t mind people going but you don’t still go with the attitude like okay I’m in your country I’m still better than you. What if you are? What if what if what if you are? What if you are and you actually recognise it and you say it? Is there anything wrong with that?

Nigerians are survivors. They want give put them in the worst situation they will find a way to survive that. And so them to bring all this good scammers and good criminals and all that it’s really a way to to survive. There’s no yeah they maybe they tried the right routes

The legal routes and it didn’t work out and they’re like well there is another option as long as I don’t die or starve. So let’s do this. And then they actually find a way to do it very good. So it’s it’s more survival than arrogance when it comes to criminality

I think and of course the other criminals will just do it because god knows what’s the reason but a majority of these scammers and all that it’s really survival. When we knew we were going to make this podcast about Nigerians and arrogance according to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,

I actually asked a couple of friends to to chip in on my WhatsApp like what do you think? So let me read some of the reactions. A lady friend of mine from Belgi, white woman, said my impression is that Nigerians like to be in the spotlight,

Love hearing about how great they and their country is. That is actually true. You know one thing I’ve noticed about Nigerians actually, yeah they’re always proud of their country and even when they want to move away and you know the diaspora they always go back to Nigeria especially Christmas and all that.

And they have close ties to their aunts and uncles and all that while some of us, other Africans when it’s diaspora, some of us don’t go back. But with Nigerians it’s almost mandato, well you’re an exception! But why am I always an exception to everything?

Because you don’t go to Nigeria every Christmas every every Nigerians when it’s Christmas airlines are full of Nigerians going back to Nigeria. There, they have that pride this even though they’re moving away to whatever such for greener pastures or whatever but yeah. Another friend of mine who is from Kenya says

Arrogant is an understatement maybe aggressive even. But on the other hand, she says, I always tell my fellow Kenyans it is important for everyone out there to have a Nigerian friend. You always learn something from them. a German friend of mine also a lady chipped in and said,

They always look for a woman who can pay all the time. Nigerian this is a surprise to me actually. Yeah I think this you know sometimes is she white? She’s white. Yeah she’s white. Okay of course. Like black women, they know like African women Nigerian men are spoilers. Like they spoil you. Nigerian

Nigerian man will buy you a house, a mansion, cars and everything. They will spoil you. They will even rob a bank to show their woman that I’m the man and I will provide. But yeah it’s not the same for white women. So this is also an interesting one

This is a Kenyan friend of mine he says not all of them but so are some Kenyans, talking of arrogance. With Nigerians it’s mostly pride not arrogance like their Luo brothers from Kenya. Oh the Luos, man. So if you are a Luo person or if you are Kenyan, are Luos also arrogant people?

Leave some comments in the comment section. And for the Tanzanian people, are you a Haya and are Haya people arrogant as well? Comment section, cause yes. That’s we see you see also other African tribes have this pride or arrogance. You know, the Haya in Tanzania

You put them in one room with a Nigerian, same WhatsApp group! WhatsApp group They don’t want to tell you that oh yeah give me my phone over there no pass me my iPhone 13 max you know I bought it I imported it you know day one when it just came out

I already put the order so it passed me my phone just for them to make a phone call like I don’t need all these details now ah but yeah. So continue. Haya people, leave comments below. So a Nigerian friend of mine actually replied, said Nigeria’s arrogantly confident

And I think that is what we’ve been saying. You can say some are ignorantly and arrogantly confident. Talking about arrogance. Are Nigerian’s arrogant? Nigerians, they are not arrogant. But Nigeria is real. Nigeria they are not arrogant and we are arrogants, because we don’t take nonsense. We don’t take no for answer.

So Nigeria people any Nigeria you see that they think they are arrogant check their background check what they are doing you will see them that hard working people and these are the people they have goals in life. People think we are, we are not arrogant. We are smart!

We have to round this up. Is there an advice from you to all the people who might be listening or watching this? To Nigerians yeah I think it’s important to be unapologetically you. You know, embrace being Nigerian. Embrace the culture, the vibe the expression of emotions and expression of

Thoughts and everything because in this life if you don’t speak up for yourself nobody else will. You know however, my dear friend be proud but hbly hbly proud. You know but one thing I would say that Nigerian shouldn’t change. And this lady just talked about that you’re real.

You know. You just don’t take nonsense. I really believe that that is something you should never change. Just don’t take nonsense. Be unapologetically you speak your mind that’s the only way you move forward you know. Otherwise beating around the bush and taking bullshit from people and all that just waste your time and

Makes you take longer to achieve your goals. In conclusion, Nigerians are not arrogant but they are just goal-getters? Well they are still arrogant they arrogant Nigerians. I mean it’s arrogant goal-getters They’re arrogant goal-getters Oh yeah it’s like I said, earlier, positively aggressive people, they are also negatively aggressive sometimes, but yeah.

Let’s go with the positive vibe now. Arrogantly goal-getters you know. You don’t need necessary you know. Now we are talking about arrogance because Chimamanda mentioned it but in actual sense arrogance is not the only thing that defines Nigerians. You know there’s so many other things other great things and sometimes

Arrogance can actually be good in certain situations. But yeah, there are so many other characteristics that Nigerians have that, you know, not a bad thing and arrogance just so happens to be one of the one of the thing amongst the many great things about Nigerians. Well

I think we are coming to a close today’s podcast as we were discussing arrogant Nigerians haha, yeah it was a fun discussion really and would also like to hear from you our viewers. Just go to the comment section, share your thoughts about this and and also don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t

And for new viewers as well just click down below subscribe and watch our previous videos and upcoming videos. I’m Deborah Maufi and this is the African Narrative Podcast, and I’m checking out. And my name is Femi Soewu I’m gonna leave you with some words of wisdom from one Nigerian lady.

Her reaction was about why Nigerians are loud. Why are we so loud? Why is it that wherever we are everybody will know that’s a Nigerian? Oh we have too much joy inside us that gotta go out, you understand. The more, the more loud we are, the more joy we have around.

It’slike the Holy Spirit is within us doing his work, you understand. We gotta let it out. And you know that loud laugh when a child hears it it has an impact in them. It bring out also that joy even somebody that is just standing will start laughing

For no reason. Is a joy is a spread joy, you understand. We are all kings. So we gotta share! Haha!