I obviously cannot speak for South Africa because we all know the problem those ones have, but this "hatred of Nigerians in Africa" in my experience is an internet phenomenon. At worst you meet people who display some defensiveness or hostility because of stereotypes they've heard, or because they've had bad experiences with Nigerians before, like when a car rental service in Accra once refused to let me rent a car when I was in town because I'm Nigerian.
But beyond that, the truth is I have never been anywhere in the Anglophone part of this continent (except South Africa) where I felt like I wasn't welcome. Not Kenya, not Ghana, not Tanzania, not Zambia, not even Cameroon. What I do know for a fact is that a lot of Nigerians lack self awareness, and they often go to other people's countries and show their full asses, which is what creates whatever bad impression they have of us in the first place.
But unlike white people, Africans are infinitely more likely and willing to give you a chance to prove that you are not your stereotype. It's actually our people who need to learn to treat other people's countries with respect when they go there. You don't go to another country and rent a 1-bedroom flat, then pack 10 of your cousins from the village to come and stink out the place. You don't go to another country and start leering at the women and treating them like you're sampling candy in a chocolate factory.
You don't go to another country and refuse to fall in line with the local culture and norms, while making yourself as loud and visible as possible. You don't go to a sovereign country and doing "Eze Ndigbo Ghana" - something that will obviously be misinterpreted by the locals as a foreigner setting up parallel political structures in a sovereign country. Basically, when you go to another country (and this applies everywhere not just Africa), you're supposed to keep your eyes open, your mouth shut and your dick tucked in long enough for you to actually figure out how to assimilate!
Nobody likes to feel like the national character of their home country is being changed or polluted by lousy outsiders without self-awareness whose volume-to-common-sense ratio is vastly lopsided. Just because they're black like you doesn't make it your country, and doesn't give you the right to act as if you're at home. The same way you people understand how to be on your best behaviour when you're in Brampton, Ontario, and Leeds, West Yorkshire, is how you should also act when you're in Teshie, Accra, and Syokimau, Machakos County.
And if that is asking for too much, then you can of course feel free to return to Nigeria and be your truest selves there instead of constantly complaining about how oTheR aFricans dOn'T liKe uS. If you make Nigeria a better place that other Africans want to start moving to, that one sef no go bad.
Giant of 200 million people busy complaining about Ghana and Sierra Leone.
@tech_twi Sometimes i wish Ghanaians traveled alot to see how we have accepted mediocrity for a long time. Data is so expensive in this country and it is frustrating! funny thing is When the govt takes minimal action to help with data costs, u see pple it's embarrassingly applauding them.
@eminentandre1@tv3_ghana Ask yourself-does the ordinary citizen get a free car, bodyguard, free accommodation, etc?
We have elected them to lead us. The work they do, including international assignments, is nowhere near what your ordinary citizen does. We're obligated to protect them at all costs.
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Ghana loses over $3 Billion to corruption each year. Between 2019 and 2021, Ghana reportedly lost approximately US$1.1 billion in revenue from gold exports. Not Long ago, there was a documentary from al Jazeera about a man named Alistair Mathias, a canadian citizen,
channel these funds to the vulnerable in our society? How about we challenge our leaders to be innovative and diversify our economy and reduce reliance on traditional revenue sources? Why do we always have to treat these leaders like kids, patting their back, and forgetting that