Entertainment Funke Akindele - Stop Trying to Sound American, Use Your Naija Accent

[abujagirl]

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele wants Nigerians to stop using British and American accents.

During a chat with Hip TV, she lashed out at Nigerians who use foreign accents. She said, “A lot of us want to be western, you know. We want to sound like British, American and we forget our culture, we forget we are Nigerians and that we have an accent. South Africans are very proud of their accent.''

 

[PressRoom]

Funke uses yoruba in international business meetings?

 

[abujagirl]

Funke uses yoruba in international business meetings?

accent not language

 

[PressRoom]

accent not language

They overlap, really... What about those that had/have better part of their lives there? Study. Work. Resident.

 

[abujagirl]

They overlap, really... What about those that had/have better part of their lives there? Study. Work. Resident.

some people don't have any IE but their accent is die. I really don't blame them sha.... schools teach kids in British/american accents these days