Mother's Advice: Do NOT Marry a Musician
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Of all the professions parents (especially Nigerian parents) advice their children to pursue, music ranks low on that all-too-familiar list. I bet some kids were born clutching "Anatomy" textbooks in one hand, and "Civil Procedure" casebooks in another. Oya, deny that your first word was not "A-M-O-E-B-A" (which somewhat rhymes with Amala)? Um-hmm! I thought so!
Naturally, as soon as a baby jumps out of his/her mother's womb, the child is fed on a strict diet of limited professional choices. You might recognize some of them: Medicine, Law, Engineering, Accountancy ... and when all else fails, you can get a PhD in any field. That way, you can have people address you as Professor XYZ, rather than just (God forbid) "XYZ." Believe it or not, it is not exclusively a Nigerian thing. It's pretty common in other parts of the world as well.
Naturally, as soon as a baby jumps out of his/her mother's womb, the child is fed on a strict diet of limited professional choices. You might recognize some of them: Medicine, Law, Engineering, Accountancy ... and when all else fails, you can get a PhD in any field. That way, you can have people address you as Professor XYZ, rather than just (God forbid) "XYZ." Believe it or not, it is not exclusively a Nigerian thing. It's pretty common in other parts of the world as well.
