herkeem:
I think this is as a result of the name given to left hand by our people. Especially the Yoruba, they regard the left hand as 'Owo osi' and Osi is a bad thing as far as the Yoruba are concerned. Thus using left hand to give or receive something is regarded as bad habit. Also, Islamic religion also frowns at using left hand because it is regarded as a satanic habit.

herkeem:
I think this is as a result of the name given to left hand by our people. Especially the Yoruba, they regard the left hand as 'Owo osi' and Osi is a bad thing as far as the Yoruba are concerned. Thus using left hand to give or receive something is regarded as bad habit. Also, Islamic religion also frowns at using left hand because it is regarded as a satanic habit.

kiddkash:

soon in the future, your children will walk in the street naked.
they will tell you putting on clothes is backward.
you wont be able to say anything
if something isn't broken, don't fix it. just leave it the way it is

also Imagine if you are up to 35 and your child that is 7 years old wakes up in the morning
and will be waiting for you to say good morning

go to a country like Ghana and see that kids there do not have respect
they don't greet or respect their parents because they weren't disciplined when they were young

kiddkash:

soon in the future, your children will walk in the street naked.
they will tell you putting on clothes is backward.
you wont be able to say anything
if something isn't broken, don't fix it. just leave it the way it is

also Imagine if you are up to 35 and your child that is 7 years old wakes up in the morning
and will be waiting for you to say good morning

go to a country like Ghana and see that kids there do not have respect
they don't greet or respect their parents because they weren't disciplined when they were young

Barristter07:

Questions like ?

SegFault:

Spare us the crap brother. As if most Africans the colonisers met where not naked or half naked.

EyezofGod120:
na African mentality,,, if I use left hand give u money and regect,,I go use d left hand put am back for my pocket

Hezzyluv:



Greetings and dressings is totally outta contex of this topic. I know you're either Christian or a Muslim. And the two religions doesn't encouraged parent to greet their offsprings but vice versa. you also know what it says about dressing. If it where 2be about the 2points you mentioned, know for sure the coment will not b like this. We are talking about using of hands here. What do you say about de person God created who uses left hand in doing everything? condemn him when God himself see nothing wrong with it?

SegFault:

Spare us the crap brother. As if most Africans the colonisers met where not naked or half naked.

cornel00:
I have always wanted to ask this question for sometime now cos i don't really understand the mystery behind it.

I went to a shop to buy some provision, i tried to pay the seller with my left hand because my right hand was occupied with my tool box, she insisted i must give her the money with my right hand which i have no problem with, but i really want to know the reason so i thought bringing it up here will go a long way hearing different people's opinions.

People see it as a bad manner, but to me, it means nothing. I believe one cannot wash right hand effectively without the left hand. So why the condemnation? Is there any religious reference to back it up with?

Thank you!!!!

tribalwarlord:
Make una respect our culture for once... We are Africans abeg


Some things are better left the way they are !!!

tribalwarlord:
Make una respect our culture for once... We are Africans abeg


Some things are better left the way they are !!!

xpool:

Culture is universal!
Culture is also dynamic.

Issue with right hand o r lefthand is not an african thing, it is universal.
Leftwing or rightwing party, etec

kiddkash:
what I mean is, the value in our society is being destroyed little by little. it is like a poison given too much people will fight back.

kiddkash:

come to country like Ghana, young guys and girls say it is progress
like gays and lesbianism in the public.
I have nothing against them, what they do have no effect on my body but
the society is being desecrated and children are looking at them and doing the same thing
two young girls(sisters) aged 9 and 15 were busy kissing in my compound and they were saying it is how the world is turning.
their father finally flogged them and said it is his fault, he never disciplined his kids the way his own father did to him
all their father used to do to them is don't do that again or I will punish you
you were once a kid. how do kids think. it is the thing thy say not to do that they always want to do

when I was young, I hated when I was flogged but now I am grown, I understand why

kiddkash:

come to country like Ghana, young guys and girls say it is progress
like gays and lesbianism in the public.
I have nothing against them, what they do have no effect on my body but
the society is being desecrated and children are looking at them and doing the same thing
two young girls(sisters) aged 9 and 15 were busy kissing in my compound and they were saying it is how the world is turning.
their father finally flogged them and said it is his fault, he never disciplined his kids the way his own father did to him
all their father used to do to them is don't do that again or I will punish you
you were once a kid. how do kids think. it is the thing thy say not to do that they always want to do

when I was young, I hated when I was flogged but now I am grown, I understand why

kiddkash:

soon in the future, your children will walk in the street naked.
they will tell you putting on clothes is backward.
you wont be able to say anything
if something isn't broken, don't fix it. just leave it the way it is

also Imagine if you are up to 35 and your child that is 7 years old wakes up in the morning
and will be waiting for you to say good morning

go to a country like Ghana and see that kids there do not have respect
they don't greet or respect their parents because they weren't disciplined when they were young

kiddkash:

soon in the future, your children will walk in the street naked.
they will tell you putting on clothes is backward.
you wont be able to say anything
if something isn't broken, don't fix it. just leave it the way it is

also Imagine if you are up to 35 and your child that is 7 years old wakes up in the morning
and will be waiting for you to say good morning

go to a country like Ghana and see that kids there do not have respect
they don't greet or respect their parents because they weren't disciplined when they were young

cornel00:
I have always wanted to ask this question for sometime now cos i don't really understand the mystery behind it.

I went to a shop to buy some provision, i tried to pay the seller with my left hand because my right hand was occupied with my tool box, she insisted i must give her the money with my right hand which i have no problem with, but i really want to know the reason so i thought bringing it up here will go a long way hearing different people's opinions.

People see it as a bad manner, but to me, it means nothing. I believe one cannot wash right hand effectively without the left hand. So why the condemnation? Is there any religious reference to back it up with?

Thank you!!!!