Via Flickr:
Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria
www.JujuFilms.tv
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
My Name is Ayotunde
They try to snob you when you don't speak "proper" French or look down on you when you don't speak the queens English. Then you have black Americans who look at Africans like we are from another planet with "speak English man" meaning I don't sound American.
So way back when I was a college student in Madison, Wisconsin I looked forward to the roll call of my first classes. I enjoyed watching the professors struggle with pronouncing my name and no I wasn't going to make it easy on them like my friends who all of a sudden started using their christian names.
Those that had no christian names went from Fatai to Fredrick or Mudashiru to Micheal or Bashiru to Bernard and so on. Muslims became Christians by default in the quest to fit in the American culture. So Peter, Paul, Micheal, Francis and John became the new vogue.
It felt odd that when we roamed the streets of Ibadan I called him Lekan now in college and amongst our American friends I call him Bernard. So I used my classroom as the forum to teach Yoruba, my language. I knew the professors would always ask if they pronounced my name properly. I would always answer no then proceed to teach the class how to pronounce my name and the story behind my name. I always felt proud walking around campus and referred to as a Nigerian by fellow students, that in my name is my story. Then again it made me popular with the girls.
My name is
Ayotunde
So way back when I was a college student in Madison, Wisconsin I looked forward to the roll call of my first classes. I enjoyed watching the professors struggle with pronouncing my name and no I wasn't going to make it easy on them like my friends who all of a sudden started using their christian names.
Those that had no christian names went from Fatai to Fredrick or Mudashiru to Micheal or Bashiru to Bernard and so on. Muslims became Christians by default in the quest to fit in the American culture. So Peter, Paul, Micheal, Francis and John became the new vogue.
It felt odd that when we roamed the streets of Ibadan I called him Lekan now in college and amongst our American friends I call him Bernard. So I used my classroom as the forum to teach Yoruba, my language. I knew the professors would always ask if they pronounced my name properly. I would always answer no then proceed to teach the class how to pronounce my name and the story behind my name. I always felt proud walking around campus and referred to as a Nigerian by fellow students, that in my name is my story. Then again it made me popular with the girls.
My name is
Ayotunde
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Nuhu Ribadu Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Funeral Service
Via Flickr:
Nuhu Ribadu Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Funeral Service in Nnewi Anambra State Nigeria
www.JujuFilms.tv
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Ogbono Soup and Pounded Yam Lunch in Iheaka Village Enugu State
Via Flickr:
Ogbono soup and pounded yam diner in Iheaka Village, Enugu State Nigeria.
www.JujuFilms.tv
Friday, April 19, 2013
Iheaka Enugu Nigeria Female Bike Rides
Via Flickr:
Female bike riders in the village of Iheaka in Enugu State Nigeria
www.JujuFilms.tv
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
My Hood Story
My Hood Story a video by Jujufilms on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Juju Films Present MY HOOD STORY special preview. Introducing D Solo, PBE, TOT, Smove, Knox, Get 'Em, Dollaz and much more. A Film by Ayotunde COMING SOON. www.JujuFilms.tv Watch full preview on our Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oeIS_NhlgY
Monday, April 15, 2013
Ahmadu Adamu Mu'azu - Former Governor Bauchi State Nigeria
Via Flickr:
Ahmadu Adamu Mu'azu - Former Governor Bauchi State Nigeria.
www.JujuFilms.tv
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Professor Wole Soyinka & Olumide Ogunsusi
Via Flickr:
Professor Wole Soyinka & Olumide Ogunsusi
www.JujuFilms.tv
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Monday, April 01, 2013
Chronicles of The Biafran War
Chronicles of The Biafran War a video by Jujufilms on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Chronicles of the Biafran war / Lieutenant Small Boy.
Watch the full clip @ youtu.be/_siGk_C01Qg
www.JujuFilms.tv
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Black Current - with - Macon
Black Current - with - Macon a video by Jujufilms on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Black Current. Macon talks about African American economic power and the effects of black dollars on the African community as a whole.
www.JujuFilms.tv
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Marriage
In the western world it is obvious that their concept and definition of marriage is obsolete. This happens to any phenomenon adapted and legislated by man. So you have a new lexicon like same sex marriage.
Meanwhile pedophilia, part of the great Roman culture is still practiced by the Roman Catholic church, priests, bishops, cardinals and popes.
They create a fools paradise, screaming Jesus for salvation, claiming they are God's Army, they know God's mind and are here to do God's work.
Yet they abolish the first rule of God, from creation to procreation. This the unholy war waged against creation by the Romans for thousands of years.
Ayotunde
Monday, March 25, 2013
Artist Sincelor in Studio. Cotonou Benin
Via Flickr:
Artist Sincelor @ his studio in Cotonou, Benin working on commissioned works of photographer Ayotunde.
www.JujuFilms.tv
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Okada His Passenger and His Ram
Via Flickr:
Okada Operator, His Passenger and His Ram
www.JujuFilms.tv
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