The Yellow Bus City.
It’s another Thursday morning to adult in Lagos, Nigeria. The city that was recently ranked the second worst city to live in in the whole world. What a shame!
With how classist, we, or rather the actual privileged people are in Lagos, you would think Lagos is like London. You’re in for a surprise sha.
Anyway, back to my life. It’s another day for me to pretend to be happy and suppress all of my actual emotions to avoid being asked questions. It’s another day to be the first child and play the role of the Ada.
Speaking of Ada, I obviously forgot to mention that I am the first child and daughter of an Igbo home in Nigeria. What this means is that I am from the South Eastern part of Nigeria.
You’ve probably heard that we have the most beautiful girls in Nigeria but honestly I don’t think that’s true. I think we just have a lot of light skinned women and it’s easy to pass as being pretty if you’re light skinned in this colorist part of the world.
For the record, I am very light skinned.
Before I get lost in my thoughts again, I’d like to say a little about myself to give you context before we get into it.
I’m a 24 year old Igbo girl living in Lagos and this series would be about me.
See how I kept the introduction vague? I’d like to see what your imagination thinks. about me.
I hope you enjoy the series as much as I don’t enjoy my life lol.
