"Culture Shock in Nigeria"
For some Nigerians coming from the United States, where tipping is customary, I was taken aback. It was a perspective shift for me and I had to adjust my experience, my expectations. Overall, my trip to Nigeria was a fascinating experience, but it definitely brought about culture shock, the difference in customs and practices such as the way waiters were called and the absence of tipping for eye opening
Rocío (Ro) Christensen
@rocio · 1:26
And I don't know what is a normal way to be at a restaurant in whatever country you're visiting. So that's super interesting. And, yeah, the tipping thing. The tipping thing. I hear that all the time. I grew up in Europe, but I had a lot of american friends coming here. The tipping was always like a shock, as if it were offensive not to tip. But, yeah, it is an interesting conversation, but that's a whole other thing
You. Hi. I'm so glad you enjoyed that. Definitely. It was really a great experience for me. Just really funny though, because I was so offended that by the time we left that hotel, I tipped all of the wait staff that served us from the time that I was pain there and even the manager because I just felt so bad that what I was accustomed to wasn't happening
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 1:51
I did have the fortunate experience to vacation in Kenya and it was amazing. And like you said, I noticed even though here I am with people that have black and brown skin like me, with me being from the United States and being in a different country, I was straight off the plane able to recognize differences between me being a black American and being a black American in Kenya
And so that is kind of how my discovery began, maybe about, oh, I would say more than ten years ago or so, I've been looking into my ancestry and just trying to gain an understanding of just who I am in relation to my ancestral roots. And it's been an amazing awakening for me and just really helping me understand myself better as a person and identifying with a culture that is my culture and not so much american culture
When I went to Puerto Rico and spent a lot of time there right before, during, and after Hurricane Maria, one of the things that was a culture shock for me is that everybody walking to the restaurant would say something to each other. I don't speak Spanish, so they would say, buen Provetcho. And I was like, mom, dad, what the heck is that? And they're saying, good eats. Good eats. Everybody says it to each other
You. Hi. Thank you so much. Yes, it was definitely an experience. And I did have some fufu and some stew, but my favorite was, like, the spicy village rice and fried chicken their way. But I would eat the stew with the foo foo with my husband, but not often. I just couldn't get with it. But other than that, I liked some of the food. But I did get sick by trying some fish, some barbecue catfish
All right, tonight we're to do something a little different. All right, so culture shock in Nigeria. We have a special guest here tonight. We have Azulian straight out of Nigeria. He's going to talk through us tonight. This song, that was pretty special and a little culture shocking to me
