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Samuel Ekaidem - THE TASTE OF YORUBA TRADITION: FOOD, CULTURE AND CONNECTION

This is so accurate and explicit. What a superb write up.

Haydee - HOW NIGERIAN SUPERSTITIONS SHAPE DAILY PRACTICES AND TRADITIONS

The broom part on male children tho, this is very informative. Thank you for this.

Samuel Ekaidem - HOW NIGERIAN SUPERSTITIONS SHAPE DAILY PRACTICES AND TRADITIONS

These are so true😂. What an explicit article you’ve got here and it’s very informative and enlightening to read tho, shaping our minds to the realization that most of these things we do with all seriousness are just mere superstition. One of which I remember also is, when a child hiccup, he/she is to drink water seven times before it stops 😂