Life of a Kdrama Addict in West Africa

"Annyeong KDA"

Today I and my sister from another mother are gonna bring to you guys what Itz like being a Kdrama addict where we from. I interviewed Kachi who lives in Nigeria and this is how it went down. Stay tuned and hope you enjoy the show :grinning:

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Hi Kachi, Kedu?

Odinmma :grin:

(We just greeted ourselves in a Nigerian language :blush: )

Q:I already knew you were from Nigeria and the rest of KDA now knows too. Now tell us a little more about yourself as a Nigerian.

A:Hmm. Okay. In Nigeria, there are 3 major tribes Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. I'm an Igbo girl though I was born and I grew up in Lagos where I currently live

Q:That's nice. So how did you get into Kdramas? Were they that popular in Lagos?

A:Well in my second year in the university, my roommate recommended boys over flowers and personal taste to me but I didn't watch it then because everyone was watching it :joy: . I was bored during the holidays and I decided to watch it. I haven't stopped watching dramas ever since. I think they're sort of popular here. 10 in 25 people have at least one kdrama in their laptop and also, the CD vendors sell Korean dramas. There's obviously a market for it. I think a lot of people watch it but they're not as crazy as I am :joy:

Q:IKR, I know a lot of people that watch dramas but they not as crazy about it as me as well :joy: . So how much has dramas changed you and how do your friends and family react to your new found addiction?

A:Well it's not really new found coz it's been 3 years now :joy: but everyone still treats me like a weird person. It's worse coz I listen to kpop too and you have people calling me Korean and strange and some think that I have bad taste. As for my family I'm slowly bringing them to the Korean light. One of my sisters likes kpop now and I managed to have my whole family watch fight for my way so yesss.... progressss!

Q:Spreading the Korean wave is a mandate for us addicts :joy: you once mentioned to me how you mix your language with Hangul sometimes, tell KDA about that and how your friends and family react?

A:Oh. Yes. They're already used to it :joy: . They just call me crazy. It's quite funny tho. It's not like I intentionally want to mix it or Speak Hangul but it just happens :joy: . One time I was at the market and the men kept trying to touch me I just yelled "aiishh jinja hapumaka" (hapumaka means leave me alone) Sometimes if someone at home is shouting my name I just shout back "ahh waeee" :joy: or when my baby sister is bothering me I'll say "aishhh jinja keumanhae" and they just look at me like "what's wrong with her :joy: " but when I'm singing along to a Kpop song my sister gets jealous and says I should teach her Hangul too :joy:

Q: :joy: :joy: :joy: "aiishh jinja hapumaka" that never gets old, so hilarious. Only Nigerians mostly Ibos would understand how funny that is :blush: . Talking about understanding languages, as a Nigerian from west Africa, how is like relating with all these other fans from the world here on KDA? I know you've made quite a number of friends, and I'm sure you hold yourself back from using some common slangs we know over here. How has the whole experience been for you?

A:Well. It's been good. My English has gotten Better. I have to type in full so that my chingus can understand. But at least I have you :grinning: if I'm dying to use slangs :joy: .

Q:Lol,I feel you jare :wink: . Now I know getting internet in this part over here is not cheap and we Kdrama addict need the Internet in fact we can't function without it. I know you to watch a lot of variety shows along side dramas, so how do you cope?

A:Omg its exhausting and expensive. I used to buy CDS or just collect dramas from friends or anyone I know that watches dramas but now that I'm following the ongoing dramas I spend about 2000 naira (about $6.35) weekly on data. But recently I found KBS WORLD TV on the cable TV. IM BLESSED :smile:

So Happy for you dear, :runner: :runner: to go get that cable TV Asap :blush: .

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That was it guys, hope you enjoyed our yans (Nigerian slang for talk :wink: ). I want to say thank you to Ashu for all the help :kissing_heart: . Don't forget to check out Kachi's blog Here

Thanks for reading!!