Too often, the images of seduction, romance and sex are western, usually English or French; with the local language of coercion, teasing and suggestion having all but disappeared among the African westernized elite and educated this is not surprising, yet a small collection of men find it rousing to rustle the educated Nigerian woman with an unexpected bout of racy vernacular.
Why could it be such a turn on when a man or woman tells you what he wants to do to you in Ibo, or Yoruba, or Hausa...or murmurs romantic jargon in your earlobes as he tickles you? Perhaps it is the fact that it is unexpected, now different from the norm, or perhaps because our native tongue is a lot more descriptive? The R-rated words consuming a lot more vowels than the average word? Or, try this, the fact that you imagine this man as a half naked African in the jungle fighting off lions and hyenas, or this woman as a half naked African sashaying across the bank of the river in the moonlight (yes, the western man has imprinted in our minds forever the image of the African prior to colonization as half naked)?
Don't let western culture encourage you to discount yours. The minstrel shows of back in the day are clear indications of the envy the western world possesses in regards to the African. With their faces painted black, they swagger and poke fun at the black man, acting carefree, vulgar and deliriously happy. That was the image they had of the black man. We have now thrown that away for stiff shirts and ties. I am not saying shirts and ties are not appropriate for a certain time, but even if just for the sake of variety why don't we embrace this carefree and lascivious part of our culture?
Today I challenge young African men and women to take the risk of speaking to their object of affection in a language more suited in our age to poke jest, fun, and gossip about the oyinbo couple right in front of us in the queue. I could be a lot more graphic about what you could say, but my blog is strictly PG. Regardless, you should get the ball rolling and turn up your imagination if you really want to try this anyway. Oh yeah, before I forget a prerequisite is the ability to understand said language at least somewhat.
Oh what the heck! The French language can turn anyone on regardless of the ability to understand. Go ahead and speak your language to your American wife. If it backfires you could always tell her it's a french dialect. Vous comprenez?
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