So all troublesome Lagosians are familiar with (and actually love) today’s headline.
Lol.
Let me give my non-Yoruba-understanding audience a little context first. The word (phrase, actually) ‘Da pada’ is a command to give something back.
‘Return it’
And ALL SORTS of things can be returned. It can range from a defective new purchase to a ‘bad look’ the orange seller down the street gave you.
But some of the most passionate ‘dapadas’ have to do with words. Yessir. Material things come and go, bad looks come and go… but words, my people have known for the longest time that words have power Continue reading Dapada