The post below is written by a dear friend and runaway-blogger-to-be of mine. I had a good laugh reading it. This is her baptism into writing (hehehe). Enjoy.
As a kid growing up in a much saner
Lagos then, (please don't ask when so you won't guess my age 😉), I was usually amused when
I heard that great legend's song,
"Ojo Monday Eko o ni gbagba ku
gba o." - Fela
Meaning on Mondays, Lagos city takes
no shit (excuse my French) from anybody. It is presumed serious business starts
on Monday. Some even believe whatever you start the week with ends your week.
I
used to know of one middle aged woman still in my younger days, who operated a
buka in our hood back then. We were told she doesn't sell to the female gender
on Monday mornings if this customer is
her first for the day. If she did sell, she will ask the female customer to give
the money to a man, boy or even an infant as long as he had a 'third leg', to
give to her instead. She believed if she sold to a female first thing on Monday
mornings then business will be dull throughout the week. Curiosity got the
better of me and I did try her out one day to ascertain the veracity of this
claim. So came one early morning, plate in hand, mummy out of sight, I dashed
down the road to buy rice and beans that I did not need. The mischievous child
that I was (hehehe). I was lucky. I was her first customer. She said so herself. I was
beyond stunned when she told me to call a young man nearby to take the money
from me to give her instead. O.O
Reports also abound of how crazy
traffic usually is in this part of the Niger area (yes this is how Nigeria was
coined, just incase you didn't know 😊) on Monday mornings. Leaving me to wonder, do more people
go to work on Mondays then play truants the rest of the week?
What exactly is the boosheet Lagos
does not take on Mondays like the Abami Eda (Fela) himself sang? What exactly is it about Monday, Lagos and
Money (with money here representing a whole lot like business, traffic and
myths)? What other myths have you heard or do you even believe in per chance,
about Lagos and Mondays. Do share 😊
Article by: Toyin Femi-Akinlade (@y_toyin)
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