Actually to be fair, Nigerians are mad tight with each other. It's tribal. The term 'Nigerian' is for outsiders. You are Ibo, Hausa, Yoruba. I got very good Yoruba friends in LA I met through a part time job. I got Ibo homies overseas I met because they had the hook up for anything. I knew a Hausa in Saudi Arabia, the only Hausa I know but we hit it off right away (via soccer). They don't eff with each others tribe but within the tribe they are tight AF, ride for each other. As far as other tribes, they are cool outside Nigeria. They'll politic if the circumstances dictate they need to stick together. Just like in Cali prisons if it jumps off Bloods and Crips will posse up together if the Latinos and Whites go to war in certain prisons. Depends on the circumstances. Nigerians are like that. Depends on what's going on around them and their numbers.
I will say this though, once they accept you, they show mad love. I got invited to "Naija' parties in LA (Mostly Yoruba). Again, I'm a friendly guy, I knew a lot of about their culture and country (I love history, etc. and a nerd so I'd just read up on black ish). And I'm respectful. I don't do stuff like 'Why y'all n*ggas...such and such' HAHA...I come at any and all black folks with respect till shown otherwise. And either keep it moving or cuss them out, depending on the circumstances and level of disrespect.
We can say a certain amount, undetermined but too many of some groups of Blacks are off code, etc, but as we all know its never 100 percent and you have some real ten toes down ride or die in ALL black groups. Somalis have a rep for not effing with us. I met a guy in Asia, same frat, Somali and it was like chopping it up with the homies from around the way. Zero difference. Cool AF. Hung with the brohters, Americanized, could switch speak where if you heard him and didn't see him, he was black American but on the phone with a Somali spit that language. We thought it was interesting and of course we asked him for all the cuss words first...lol.
We are a special people, we really are. Despite all the issues, the bad blood at times, etc, when we click we motha phucken click. Its that melanin. I got many stories from various Blacks around the world where I've found at least one down AF person, who showed love for another black person. That gives me hope.
Its why I look at all this as on code vs off code.
