You Know You’re African When…

If you are suffering an identity crisis and aren’t sure how African you might be, here are 10 things that are certainly sure to remind you. These are in no particular rank order.

You know you are African When…

1. You open a butter container expecting butter but instead you see leftover stew

2. Relatives you’ve never seen before in your life ask you if you remember them…over the phone

3. You bring extra containers to parties to bring food home

4. Your parents want you to be come a Doctor, a Lawyer, an Architect, or an Engineer

5. The women in your family seem to have battles during prayer

6. During a graduation your parents are the only ones that scream “PRAISE DA LORD”

7. When you were a young girl your parents expected you to know how to cook or else no one would marry you.

8. As a female, you’ve heard either “You are the sugar in my tea, the butter on my bread” or “The only cockroach in my closet”

9. Going to university is NOT optional

10. Footsteps could mean a surprise beating is near

Bonus

11. You attend a party that goes into the wee hours of the morning for a baby that has been asleep since the party started