You unwrap all your gifts carefully so dat you can reuse d wrapper.

2.You call a person u've never met before aunty or uncle.

3.More dan 90% of d music cd's and cassettes in ur house are pirated.

4.Your garage is always full of stuff because u never throw anything away,just in case you need it someday (a boot without a partner and the baby walker- baby is now 12 and you are 48.

5.You have a collection of mini shampoo bottles from your stay at hotels (go-cool,sweetheart,african pride etc).

6. You almost always carry overweight baggage when travelling by air.

7.Children have annoying nicknames e.g (de-boy,de-girl, bomboy, aboy,baby).

8.Nobody in your family informs you that they are coming over for a visit (uncle,his wife,sis-in-law,2 nephews and a neighbour have camped in ur house).

9.You stuff your pockets with mints and toothpicks at restaurants.

10.You only make phone calls at a cheaper rate at night (especially flashers).

11.You never have less than 20 people to meet you at the airport or see you off even if its a local flight.

12.You keep changing your internet service provider because the 1st month is free.

13.Office supplies mysteriously find their way to your house (YES,stapling machine,office pins,punch machine,cellotapes,post-its etc).

14.When you were younger,your parents buy you clothes and shoes at least two sizes big so that they will last longer.


PASS IT ON TO OTHER AFRICANS- so that they can know what makes truly African.

Pls am not d original writer, so dont cast aspersion on me.