It is fine if you do not know Elijah’s mother. Her friends, business colleagues, family members and customers call her Iya Elijah.Iya is Yoruba’s word for mother. Life is a big stage and to pull thoughts from William Shakespeare, we are all casts playing roles of protagonists and or antagonists, depending on the environment and the prevalent situation. In preparedness of one of such roles in life, I recently accompanied a friend to a market for traditional attire and accessories in the city of Ibadan. That afternoon, as we set off to Oje in Ibadan, South-West, Nigeria, we knew our conversations had to be in the best of Yoruba language. We were set to throw in a joke or two with whomever we were going to engage in the market. For a better bargain, we had rehearsed a number of sales related proverbs so we could bond properly with the seller.
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