Her relationship status is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153not on the market.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Unless you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Thierry Henry. She likes Tia Maria, coffee, purple, travel, family and God, though not necessarily in that order. She hates balloons, pumpkins and prejudices. Her interests are race, gender, sexuality and critical legal theories. Her first pets were rabbits, and she has two tattoos and six body piercings. Bloggers rarely describe themselves with much detail, but there you have a bio peek at Kui, Mrs Cooper or to her blog fans, Mama Junk Yard. <\/p>\n
Indeed, Mama Junk Yard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rants about anything under and over the sun. Kui has lived abroad, but works in Nigeria. From how foreigners talk and silly questions about one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s country. So, her entries are observations of a footloose, uprooted Kenyan. You will learn that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kubwa\u00e2\u20ac\u009d might be Kiswahili for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153big\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nyanya\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is grandmother, but why does it also mean tomato? Well those two are names of places in Naija too. And \u00e2\u20ac\u0153well done\u00e2\u20ac\u009d doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t connote congratulations. It is a greeting. When feeling unwell don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be shocked when asked \u00e2\u20ac\u0153how you body de?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How far\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is not about distance, but \u00e2\u20ac\u0153how is it going.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d And when someone flashes your phone, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t call back. They were \u00e2\u20ac\u0153just de greet you O!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mrs Cooper hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been blogging actively, and her archives might give a better impression of Mama JunkYard. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There are few things there that need updating, e.g. I am no longer in Nigeria….but that’s even more reason for me to get back to blogging!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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