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Nigerian eitiquette

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ParlourGame · 26/06/2025 19:35

(Not sure where else to post this).
Background: I recently moved from a very mono-cultural place (think over 97% white British in the 2011 census), to somewhere more diverse. I don't know if this makes me ignorant about cultural sensitivity, or paranoid about messing up, or both.

My new Nigerian neighbours have invited me for Sunday lunch.
Is there anything I should know about culture/etiquette?
E.g. - do I take a hostess gift? If so, what?

  • are there rules about shoes on/off, or other clothing?
  • what about food etiquette?

Thank you everyone

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WTHJH · 27/06/2025 11:02

Just to add, I cannot ever remember being obliged to change my guest behaviour when visiting friends’ / relatives’ houses in Nigeria.

(The only instances where guidance was necessary was when visiting royalty - and you’d probably know if that applied with your neighbours, @ParlourGame.)

henlake7 · 27/06/2025 11:54

ForZanyAquaViewer · 26/06/2025 22:30

Yup. The comment about all the religious Africans in their ‘sequins, glitter, sparkle, feathers’ was particularly special.

We’re such a ‘vibrant’ people, eh? All 1.6 billion of us. A religious sequinned monolith.

Sorry, thats just what happens where I live. Iv never seen anybody from anywhere else dress like it but I appreciate it that not everybody goes to church.
I mean I could say they all looked like shit if thats less offensive?
😂

Fellontheground · 27/06/2025 20:48

henlake7 · 27/06/2025 11:54

Sorry, thats just what happens where I live. Iv never seen anybody from anywhere else dress like it but I appreciate it that not everybody goes to church.
I mean I could say they all looked like shit if thats less offensive?
😂

Baffled that is seen as offensive. I am always fascinated by the colour, glitz, glamour of these African ladies. It is a wonder.

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Movingon2024 · 27/06/2025 22:11

I wear trousers and a nice shirt to church.

I do love the way all us Europeans who go to church are so chic and elegant. We are wonderful.

coxesorangepippin · 28/06/2025 02:39

I'd mind my p's and q's and take a plant as a gift

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