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Our Nigerian attitude.  Nigeria is a mix of many things, a mix of cultures, languages, peoples, ages, races, colours, food, music, traditions, religions, lifestyles and the list goes on. It was originally a country made up of 3 distinctive regions, which through time and autonomy, had other distinct regions within regions. The white guys surely understood this but didn’t care, Nigeria was a land of abundance, another gold mine on the dark continent to lay claims to. Our ancestors were like I always say, most likely enjoying life, doing whatever they used to to at the time, from drinking fresh Palm wine with local chicken soup, fanning themselves with plantain leaves and playing with wives under the hot sun or young lads chasing local damsels in the village streams, whatever the case, they didn’t sign up for what was about to come next. Mongo Park. Just imagine the insult, my ancestors were going about their normal day to day lives, living in the same place they said Mongo Park foun...