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\"\"<\/a>I have had this conversation with a few people, and just last night, I had this conversation again with Ovie of NotJustOk. I have been told by quite a number of people that my blog isn’t Nigerian enough, that it caters more to non Nigerians than it does to Nigerians. I always thought the blog is quite Nigerian, but I am probably not in the best position to say what it caters to exactly, since I’ll probably be biased.<\/p>\n

Ovie said – and these are his exact words – “the only thing that is Nigerian about your blog is the blogger.”<\/em>\u00a0Does everyone else feel this way, too? I’ve always thought myself to be an examplery Nigerian. Kinda sorta. But if my blog isn’t a Nigerian blog, then what is it? It certainly isn’t American.<\/p>\n

In light of this, I have decided to be more Nigerian by doing the following:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> \u00a0Putting the Nigerian flag as my background.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> \u00a0Ending each posts with “P.S. I’m Nigerian.”<\/em><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> \u00a0Blogging at least 5 Nigerian-ish posts daily.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> \u00a0Changing my theme colors to green and white (instead of pink, black, and white).<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> \u00a0Mentioning the word, “Nigeria” randomly in each post. Example: I went to the grocery store today – Nigeria – where I bought, yogurt, meatballs – Nigeria – and bread.”<\/p>\n

What do you think? Nigerian enough?<\/p>\n

Seriously, I’d like to know what you think. Is this blog Nigerian enough for you? Or would you like for it to be more Nigerian? If it is not Nigerian enough, would you like me to make it more Nigerian? And how do I make it more Nigerian? What would you like to read?<\/p>\n

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I have had this conversation with a few people, and just last night, I had this conversation again with Ovie of NotJustOk. I have been told by quite a number of people that my blog isn’t Nigerian enough, that it caters more to non Nigerians than it does to Nigerians. 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