5 things only modern Yoruba natives can relate to

1. The confusion that comes when you are hungry and you don’t know if your aunty asked you to “heat” or “eat” the food. 2. Hours in the toilet after eating the pepper-saturated ewagoyin at your grandparent’s home. 3. The pain that comes with you having to pay heavily for Asoebi almost every month because all members of family have to. 4. When you travel home for Christmas and your knees are bruised from having to bend or kneel when greeting every older person you meet. 5. The embarrassment when your teacher picks up the register and starts to read out all the Yoruba names your parents, grandparents and ancestors not only gave you, but felt the need to include in your school records.