Twitterati chid£s those who are embara§§ed by their native names

On Twitter, there was a trend where a user expressed her wish for her husband to have a good name; some users had opposing views, while others agreed.

A user who left a comment claimed that it is sh@meful how embarra§§ed we are by our regional names. People who refuse to change their last name from William to their husband’s Ogedengbe are the same people who would immediately change Adegbite to Fernández.

Furthermore, because we are quick to adopt others, our sense of self is so fra¥ile. We want to speak with a foreign accent, use a foreign name, practice a foreign culture, and follow a foreign ideology and set of laws. Everything about Nigeria is considered patronizingly regional.

Most children in private schools all answer to foreign names. He claimed, “I’ve never witnessed members of a nationality lose their identity like Nigerians.”