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naija
name 2adj 1noun 1
Collocations
3VERB + NAIJA
seen, white-turbaned
NAIJA + NOUN
leaders, people, unity
PREP.
from, in, with
Definitions
adj
1
Of or from Nigeria.
‘If you come [...] you will meet a lot of Naija people there.’
noun
1
A person from Nigeria.
name
1
Nigeria (a country in West Africa).
We stopped at the mudhif of an important Sayid, and even a spectacled white-turbaned priest from Naija treated us with courtesy, and did not, as did most of those whom we met later, leave the building as soon as we had entered it.
There were obituaries, poems, hastily scratched out but very heartfelt dirges, and a unity that I have never before seen in Naija: a unity that, although it technically lasted about a week, still has lingering effects to the present day.
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‘If you come [...] you will meet a lot of Naija people there.’
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We stopped at the mudhif of an important Sayid, and even a spectacled white-turbaned priest from Naija treated us with courtesy, and did not, as did most of those whom we met later, leave the building
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There were obituaries, poems, hastily scratched out but very heartfelt dirges, and a unity that I have never before seen in Naija: a unity that, although it technically lasted about a week, still has
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But, it is correct to say most of our leaders in Naija are not leaders but looters.
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