THE RAW MATERIAL

I got this idea two days (16 October) ago while reading the book “If It’s Purple, Someone’s Gonna Die” by Patti Bellantoni. It’s a book about Colour in Visual Storytelling.

I had watched the Spike Lee film Malcolm X about a year ago and I saw the jail scene, where Malcolm took note of the predominantly negative definitions of the word “Black” and the completely pure and positive definitions of “White” in the dictionary. The subtext of that scene was that ‘the White man writes the Dictionary’ (which is true, seeing English is in fact their language), hence the slander of the word “Black”.

SLEDJE RETURNS TO ROOTS

Woow! It’s been forever since I last blogged (actually, roughly 2 months… Still ‘forever’ in my eyes though). Meeehn, you need to believe LNC when next he says “Ko sere ni Canada, ise lo n se” (translation: Dem no dey play for Canada, na work dem dey do – sorry, na only pidgin I fit translate am to).

BÙGA: THE YORUBA MAN’S ULTIMATE WEAPON

While it is common for a typical Ibo man to first of all fire warning shots before launching full scale assault on an aggravator (and for a Warri man to launch full scale assault, complete with back-hand slaps and flying kicks, before even hinting at a caution), a Yoruba man would rather stick to his ultimate weapon; pre-fight, in-fight (there rarely is one) and post-fight: BÙGA.

ACTORS HAVE THE BEST NAMES… SHIKENA (Rated 16 for Swearing)

Just before I hit gear 2 with this permit me to lose my mind… YAAAAAY!!! MY FIRST OFFICIAL POST!!!!!

Okay to the matter *knots tie*… ever noticed how deliciously crafted actors and actresses names are? I mean it’s just art!! Denzel Washington *ghen ghen*, Will Smith *gbosa*, Jada Pinkett (and like the Pinkett wasn’t arousing enough, she adds Smith to the roster through marriage. sigh), Idris Elba (What Tha Fack!), Taraji P. Henson *dies*, Liam Hemsworth, Halle Berry *yum*, Bradley Cooper (like having a sexy fit wasn’t enough), Jamie Fucking-Foxx and the list goes ooon and ooon!

And when you think Naija would carry last, as they often do, they also pull up aces from nowhere! Like what tha hell?!

FIRST OF ALL... Introduction

What's good my fellow people? Welcome to aWholeSledje, my blog (btw the Sledje is pronounced /sledʒe/ or /sleje/… the D is silent *wink*).