By Selam and Semhar
Our friend Ola Abiose is from the Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria. She is currently a student at Washington University. Recently she attended a traditional Nigerian wedding in her homeland. This is our summary of her presentation to the Saturday Ma’at Program in February 2014.
There are three types of weddings in Nigeria:
- Civil marriage
- Religious ceremony
- Traditional ceremony
- They differ from west to east
There are many different types of food in Nigeria. Some of them are:
- Coconut rice
- Suya- a meat kabob
- Banga soup
- Ola made Jollof rice for us to eat
There are hundreds of languages in Nigeria, but English is the official language. Other major languages are:
- Hausa
- Igbo
- Yoruba
- Ibibio
- Edo
- Fulfulde
- Kanuri
- We also learned from the Nigerian Beano and Phino how to count to ten
Some famous Nigerians:
- Wale, a hip hop rapper
- Sade, a jazz-soul singer
- Seal, a pop, R&B singer