Nigerian 🇳🇬 vs. Ghanaian 🇬🇭 Jollof Rice & Other Moments From My Annual Trip To Lagos 👩🏿‍✈️

[@Evelynfromtheinternets]

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[@meriani777]

Evelyn From The Internets Could we get a link to the Kenya make up artist?

[@tbrasta]

When are you coming to Trinidad to meet your Caribbean cousins?

[@PortraitofAsha]

trini massive!!!

[@Evelynfromtheinternets]

Lobster, pizza, and other fine cuisine click the "i" on the right corner of the screen. Her link popped up when I mentioned her name.

[@lolahone5051]

Evelyn From The Internets eyyyy! Btw we have a husband waiting for u 😂 I see that fleeky hair style u ready

[@shevy_shev93]

"Why do my people vex me oooohhhhh." I AM DECEASED

[@Fallen211Angel]

shevonnie salmon still tryna pop out to Ghana 2k18 to breathe the air of the ancestors

[@shevy_shev93]

Khadeja M. We out

[@ifeodugbesan9062]

shevonnie salmon 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sherinroy8868]

"punctuality is a European concept..." haha this Indian agrees

[@MEGAoneARMEDbandit]

ThatOne11 hello there fellow indian! I thought I was the only one!

[@palcicaa]

+Chitra Jain theres a billion of yall, youre never the only one lol

[@cairas.6142]

majagaskar 😂

[@MS-tn4ys]

I going to comment the same thing.

[@khanbibi]

pakistan says the same thing it cramps my style because i am german ans we are never late

[@shae112233]

Soooo you just gonna sliiiiide in here with this fresh set of goddess locks cascading down your shoulder ever so gently? Oh ok

[@pmunkyandpals11]

Check her instagram! She showed the whole installation haha

[@kmichel2797]

Shanice Fray cascading down your shoulder ever so gently loooooolllll I'm dead. 😂😂

[@jagrubster]

Evelyn. I am American born and bred. I have a father who was born and raised in Ghana in Accra. I have a mother who grew up in Aparteid in South Africa. My closest friends are all 50-100% African blood, from Ethiopia, to Kenya, to Côte d'Ivoire to SA. You are the content we have been looking for our entire lives. This is EXACTLY how my family acts, this is EXACTLY what they do and what they talk about. Almost an entire video about Jollof rice? Legendary.

[@Nani.101]

Pheobe Owusu accra!

[@wlflwronline]

Pheobe Owusu I'm from SA too🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@BaoneTwala]

Pheobe Owusu Hey SA🙌

[@securitybreech]

My dad is also from Accra. I love this! 😂 I miss my auntie's Jollof 🍛

[@SikiDlanga]

I'm so happy that you can't even spell apartheid correctly. It deserves to be spelt wrong LOL. What a cool combination you are! Here's to our awesome continent!

[@ivey1luv]

"Before the American makes a comment, she should remember that Nigerians sometimes kidnap people!" DEAD! Thanks for this video Evelyn! This is great!

[@divinest]

there is kidnapping everywhere in the world

[@thefam6952]

Admiral Aladeen shut the fuck up

[@ehizsundaysunday8554]

Shut up

[@valerialucy7605]

U are a fool saying shit about Nigeria

[@ademiprincesshk]

Ghana never want to hear good thing Nigeria so ghana donot kidnap people abi about the lies you have answer Nigeria name chu chi bola and so on very soon God will put Nigeria enemy to shame

[@kenyattawillingham]

They ready to throw hands over that rice!! Dang lol

[@moniqueb8545]

Kenyatta Willingham Soon as I saw the title I said this is about to get ugly.

[@birdiewolf3497]

Hell I was ready when he was out here talking mess about Nigerian jollof rice. I mean he relegated us to white people, which was below the belt.

[@therainbowpanda9]

jollof rice is the most important subject in any west africans life my life revolves around jollof rice tbh

[@ChisomAdaora]

#fortheCULTURE LOL

[@isadore9793]

Nigeria we have the best jollof,bye bye.

[@Maw906]

"kick rocks...with no shoes on." "this jollof has been prepared by the grandmama w/ the big bum bum." 😂😂

[@imanamusic2011]

*@MissMaw906* LOL!!!

[@amybenham1796]

All the beautiful accents, oh my goodness

[@jazspinnell97]

"Punctuality is a european concept" lmfao

[@jadecat18]

This video had me dying! I'm half Nigerian, half Ghanaian, but American born. Let me tell you, the arguments I witnessed growing up over which parent made the best jallof... hey! 😂 (And then they tried to make me and my siblings pick sides...😓) 🇬🇭🚻🇳🇬

[@birdiewolf3497]

Like how did they get married in the first place?

[@akeylawallace4420]

Birdie Wolf The world may never know

[@msgirly6827]

jadecat18 hey! I am half nigerian and ghanian to😂

[@bolaolagunju4735]

Nigerian jollof is better. You're all welcome 😊

[@nanaeffiaboahine6864]

jadecat18 lmao damn girl na wa for you oo.

[@bankz9480]

when will this war end? regardless of where the rice is from, when it's cold....they both be tasting like miniature bullets. love not war man, love not war

[@jamaicangirl8933]

Bankz 😂😂😂

[@AriWonder]

I AM NOT ABLE LOLOLOLOLOL

[@kyabadudu]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@OshTashBGosh22]

Bullets!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@brandyandcream2]

Blasphemy!!!!!

[@dpierre12]

Giiirrrrl you know MARRIAGES HAVE ENDED because if jollof rice. Its not JUST rice. 😆😆 I'm not African just surrounded by the motherland. I have seen fights because of it.

[@unFayemous]

It sounds like Mediterraneans fighting about who makes the best baklava 😂😂

[@akossiwak]

The plantain is just sabotage. --> DEAD XD XD XD

[@animerlon]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-hh1gc7qx9f]

100% Africa's tech industry is lit. Out here sending money to each other via phones before it became a thing in the UK - that Mpesa life. Leaving for Morocco and Kenya next week!

[@Evelynfromtheinternets]

53 facts! When you read about how the whole continent technically went mobile first and skipped the whole land line phenomenon due to infrastructure you really start to be like "WAIT A MINUTE WE OUT HERE!! WE DOIN IT!!"

[@EmsLdn]

Arguments over food are what I *live* for!

[@danaduma218]

She BAAAACK. Just know that you were missed I love ya and shouts out from a Strayian Zimbabwean 🇦🇺🇿🇼

[@PortraitofAsha]

Today is a public holiday in Trinidad and my fave posted a video. Look at me receiving my blessings.

[@Hilianna77]

TheHoneyAsha a-a another Trini fan!

[@dafinakiatyson9646]

woi woi

[@Prettyfrugalliving]

Laughed, learned and love your non-backdrop backdrop. Your warmth and fun comes through your videos so clearly.

[@HandsomeJezdaNikki]

You are wonderful! your friends are wonderful! you remind me that the world is still a good place.

[@MamaWithAFro]

I love how the Jollof competition lasted day after day, lol!!! So awesome they have the event in an African country. I feel you though on the visa thing.... Love ya' Evelyn my internet cousin :)

[@odi320]

4:50 lmfao that light skin jollof

[@DanaConquersBoutique]

I got my dna back a few weeks ago and found out most of my african heritage centers in Nigeria.... I was so excited to find out where I'm from 😊... so I'd like to go there someday. And Tanzania. Oh, and your locs beautiful, Evelyn ❤️❤️

[@jouelzy]

I still don't understand why Ghana has a consulate in Houston but NOT Nigeria.

[@emmanuellaejiogu5094]

Nigerians can go to than without a visa, I don't think there is any need

[@ellax325]

Nigeria's consulate is in New York

[@shemeciahaskell322]

I love your channels Jouelzy# smart brown girls😉

[@mbali9317]

I'm Zulu, and live in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. I would love to visit Ethiopia, Congo, Zambia & Kenya. Especially Kenya where I can flex my Swahili & Gikuyu lol

[@naomiii9788]

Mbali wow how do you know Gikuyu sis?? I’m Gikuyu myself 🤗

[@shirlettehuddha8218]

*Welcome to kenya*

[@jamaicangirl8933]

😂😂😂 this reminds me of the caribbean debate (curry chicken or chicken curry)

[@IphiaCarlene]

shelley ann So true!!!!

[@sumairasardar8666]

shelley ann obviously chicken curry

[@camilleparkinson3462]

shelley ann the word is curry chicken

[@FluffOfFuzz]

shelley ann Curry chicken 🤤

[@Asani9909]

shelley ann Yesss lol I'm Jamaica n & Granadian and it's curry chicken

[@drfunkerooy]

To be fair to the Ghanaian guy, the first set of jollof they gave him was mad discolored.

[@PurpleT3a]

That was fried rice

[@semt9]

I am a Zimbabwean third culture kid so I'm neck deep in the motherland lol. Applied for a Nigerian visa in April at the consulate in Harare...that was an adventure lmao. A lifetime of visa application experience and I was still never ready lool

[@kcat200]

You're hilarious. I died when you were talking about getting your visa from the Nigerian consulate.

[@debbiepena5787]

Love the work you are doing and love this video.

[@EvaEleni]

All these accents are so beautiful?!!!

[@MEGAoneARMEDbandit]

never clicked so fast on a notification🔥🔥

[@tosinsanusi3560]

"it looks like something white people would cook"

[@ObeyAmmalol]

Tosin Sanusi nuff said.

[@reesaforrester4266]

Tosin Sanusi dem's fighting words right there lol

[@IphiaCarlene]

I died!!!

[@bleeka325]

Why do my people vex me?!?! Ooo 😂

[@CBromfield]

The Rice argument HILARIOUS!!!! Now add Trinidad vs Jamaican vs Puerto Rico and then Uncle Bens vs Carolina......I swear wars can be started over someone not cooking that rice right. Continued blessings Evelyn you are a treasure

[@Samantha-cp1qm]

I did the DNA ancestry test and found that I am 36% Ghanaian and 15% Nigerian a bit of Cameroon/Congo alone with a percentage of Senegal, so I would definitely like to touch down in Ghana and like to check out my cousins in Nigeria. Once you have the test done your inner being just go nuts. I was repping Ghana in my home even before I knew of my lineage with a statue of Ghana. I was look up how to make Jollaf rice , and saw you video an it piqued my curiosity with my on going study and search of knowledge in the culture. It been fantastic knowing.!

[@sim2864]

"Punctuality is a European concept." bahahaha I'm dead xD Also, no he didn't with that Cheeto Head- Number 45 voice!!! xD I love this channel; I stay laughing.

[@kudzi_c]

You look gorgeous!!

[@racheln3144]

You look bomb!! in this video, your makeup/face is amazing

[@khadijag.4443]

Evelynnnnnnn!!!! Your videos give me LIFE. And with the day I had today I needed to LOL so thank you providing me with many LOLS. Botswana and Rwanda are the dream! I live in Nairobi right now so I think it's more realistic to visit Kigali instead of Gaborone but it's in my mental vision board! I hope you're doing well! - Khadija

[@zxandra1]

I'm going to Senegal for my first Motherland visit next week. I'm so excited and just trying to be open. I'm sure my expectations vs reality will be way off. Thanks for the video. You brighten my day as always :)

[@Evelynfromtheinternets]

zxandra1 safe travels!! I would love to visit Senegal. Everybody with the best cheekbones of life is from Senegal lmaooooo I think cheekbones come from there 😂😂😂😂

[@samzie2006]

zxandra1 Senegal is so beautiful- visited Dakar in March the coastline is something else! Enjoy

[@AfriSula]

zxandra1 Dakar is actually very beautiful and there are tons of things to see. You will get to eat the original "jollof" rice aka Thiebou Dien

[@dazedout64]

I've never been, but I want to go to Morocco, Madagascar, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. If everything goes as planned I'll be one of those countries within the next year.

[@c.i.demann3069]

Good on you for helping make this conference happen. It's important. Also, the rice battle was hilarious and every time you slip into an African accent, it cracks me up.

[@TastiiCakes87]

I seem to be Finding myself in Senegal 🇸🇳 every year. It would be great to host a conference there. It's is such an amazing place

[@ademiprincesshk]

Tell them hi from naija

[@Indigoqueer]

I am from Houston and I have found myself in the middle of one of these jollof battles before. People fight like you just smacked their grandmas. I personally prefer Nigerian jollof. To me it has more flavor, but Ghanaian jollof is tasty too.

[@Chef_Julie_B]

That purple lipstick in the intro is GORGEOUS.

[@parisnorman5052]

OMG Evelyn........You had your makeup done by one of my favorite makeup artists on youtube!!!

[@GracefullyKaren]

I love her channel too. I came across her channel 3 years ago. I enjoyed this vlog. Haha Ghana jollof all day oo. I can't wait to try other Jollof rice. So far I have tried Senegalese, Nigerian and Ghanaian. I definitely agree that Africa is left out in a lot of conversations.

[@fatou8011]

senegambia (senegal+gambia) has the best jollof rice period. we the wolof people are the creators thus authenticity beats imitation always😂😂

[@xxLivingMyWayxx]

Anon: You need a rough draft before a masterpiece

[@ademiprincesshk]

From naija yes the best

[@ZuZuNatural]

I agree about Africa being left out of conversations...Tanzania represent! My ancestry is Tanzanian and I have been to South Africa, Egypt & Sudan. I plan on going to Ethiopia and the end of the year.

[@canadianqueen76]

She was "going in" on punctuality. 😂

[@selalewis9189]

My first trip abroad was to South Africa, and the travel bug has bitten me several times since. Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience. You're right. Africa as a continent gets left out of the conversations around social media and technology. Africa as a continent is changing, countries are building bridges and cultural connections, and your blog is part of that. And I can also relate to the travel visa struggle. The same problems occur for India.

[@robynwilliams611]

I just wanted to say congrats on getting on the cover of the Austin Chronicle. So amazing!

[@Itgyrl909]

You ALWAYS manage to make me LOL!! And, thank you for being one of a handful of Vloggers who show the true, realistic, everyday lifestyle of a Vlogger.

[@monsterrr1999]

Thank you for having CC on your videos, I know it is not free but I really appreciate it. I'm black and deaf. xo

[@juaninatrillionn]

EVEYLEN, I just saw you on the cover of the chronicle and I'm hype af. Congrats! your awesome and I'm hype.

[@thefutureismine]

fake news=fake rice 😂😂💀

[@woohoneychild]

You could have done a SERIES just on that RICE... so funnnnnnny! Thank you for taking us into your world.

[@alexiacolette9994]

Naija for life. Sorry the visa experience was so terrible. My people dey mess up sometimes. And tell your friend make he no come for our jellof oh! It depends on where he get 'am from.

[@milleanne1283]

8:25 "BECAUSE IT'S COLD" Bruh that had me rolling. Girl came out from the cut to defend that jolloff😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@laureenagyemang5424]

Hey Evelyn, your car kinda looked clean!

[@Evelynfromtheinternets]

laureen agyemang thank you for noticing! It is back to its disgusting state now tho

[@Keyshaw30]

Hi!!! I could have never walked across that bridge! Y'all brave! I went on a mission trip to Rwanda almost 11 years ago! With layover in Kenya. For my 40th trip I'm going to Cape Town, South Africa next month!!! I'm excited and nervous at the same time! Do you have travel tips to survive long flights?

[@reginaldfairfield]

My legs shook just looking at it in the video. LOL

[@loriparis25]

Your hairstyle in front of the pink screen is EVERYTHING!!!!

[@nataliah3283]

This is wonderful Evelyn and girl your hair is popping!!!

[@jolaynazma]

I'm loving that spread in the Chronicle... great job!

[@mademoisellecm1]

Yes, I have been to Johannesburg, Kingdom of Swaziland, Pretoria, and some others. I so enjoyed my trip and hope to go back again.

[@brookelavid5376]

I have graced the motherland and would like to see more. I've been to Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.

[@jasiimwe]

I really enjoyed this (as usual ) thanks for sharing! I love seeing Africans in the diaspora still connected to the motherland ..you have challenged me! I want I have been to 8 out of the 54 (or 57 depending on who you ask) countries in Africa so I would like to visit he others. Perhaps Ghana, Ivory Coast, Namibia or Nigeria in the near future....

[@elektraeriseros]

that prayer over the rice tho!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jabariscott5547]

Evelyn, my precious internet cousin, when I tell you that I AM DEAD!!!!!! I think I died and was resurrected at least 5 times off of the Visa rant alone 😂😂😂😂 SN: I hope you'll be running SMW: Lagos soon.

[@dweick23]

Ur comment section is always LIT! This video was hilarious. Sometimes I feel sad I don't know where in Africa my ancestors come from. Ill find out eventually.

[@TheNinjapancake14]

Man, my dad was "visiting" Nigeria for nearly 2 years teaching computer classes. I'm glad he's back but I really wish I told him about social media week. Man, Evelyn, I wish I found your channel earlier too.

[@destinydcp]

This video was right on time! It lifted my spirits

[@FuleiNN]

I absolutely love this! I've been to Africa many times: Ethiopia, Kenya & my home Cameroon 🇨🇲. I've never been to Naija though. The jollof war has me dying but Senegalese have the BEST jollof rice, hands down.

[@FuleiNN]

I'm Cameroonian.

[@krissyo9503]

Fulei Ngangmuta no offense but y'all jollof looks more like fried rice than actual jollof 🤢

[@FuleiNN]

That's your opinion.

[@ademiprincesshk]

Yes there if you see cameroon guy you will think he is Nigeria cameroon and Nigeria they are colorized they are blood they never jealous Nigeria for any reason we are one

[@JyojyoG]

Wait what happened with the Visa?! Did you get it mere hours before the flight? I'm stressing on your behalf

[@Evelynfromtheinternets]

Jyothi Giles it was about 4 days late. I got it 3 hours before my flight left and the driving distance from Austin to Dallas is 3 hours. I almost had a heart attack. I paid extra for expedited shipping like that means anything 🙄🙄

[@sherrifigueroa1272]

Evelyn From The Internets OMG, I woulda had an anxiety 🤦😣 so glad u made it 🙏

[@Halonablack]

It's like, they want to know how bad do you want it. You pay extra for a service, but then they're like -- no.

[@oliviaw4945]

"IF MY EYEBALL PERCIEVES THEY LIKENESS" please don't kill me XDD

[@nothingsintheflowerz1798]

Omg i am going to Ghana in a few weeks and I was SHOOK when I thought my passport/visa wasn't going to get to me in time! Thank God it came *sigh of relief*

[@JuaniqueVerde]

Yes! I've been to The Motherland ✊🏾 I visited Ghana 🇬🇭 what a wonderful trip! I can't wait to go back and explore more of the countries. 🙏🏾

[@thechildfreeafricanexplorer]

yes. internet cousin right here 😜. see you soon in Kenya

[@Melshary]

I've been to Nigeria more times than I can count. I totally understand what you mean by how the people talk to you out there. I hated doing those flights.

[@nightangel3578]

I am so in love with the communal aspect of this video.

[@tarahlewis1262]

Your hair is everything in this video!!!

[@AspasiaB]

Kangai Mwiti is one of my favorite beauty KZbinrs! I was so happy to see her in your video! ❤❤❤

[@S.Limbombe]

I am neither Nigerian nor Ghanaian but I prefer Ghanaian Jollof... FUCK.... I love african people. I love my people

[@rhyannrobinson3838]

I'm in Ghana now! Can confirm, the jollof is slappin

[@adjoahallow136]

Shout out to bro Kwabena for defending the honor of Ghanaian jollof in a sea of Nigerians lol, I salute you! I have only been to GH cus that's where I'm from but I get to go to SA in January and I am SUPER excited!

[@msd3879]

I clicked on with the quickness 🤗

[@laystonbadham7321]

Thank you for this content!! I really miss my time in West Africa and the whole argument about Jollof rice is really brightening up this quarantine

[@AlissiaLatrece]

I would go to Cameroon & Nigeria because I took an Ancestry DNA test & found out I'm 25% Cameroonian (?) & 24% Naija! Ayeeee!

[@brwnhilarybanks9953]

i'm 48% benin and the rest congo

[@mariab4642]

AlissiaLatrece , welcome to the land of your ancestors .#Cameroon Obosso!

[@AlissiaLatrece]

Maria B Thank you! 😊

[@chinazamunonye.2765]

Ayee I welcome you as a Nigerian 😂🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@ademiprincesshk]

Cameroon and Nigeria has same colorization they are blood

[@Brownie8986]

Your videos are always so refreshing to see. whenever I pop in here at YT and I see a new one I'm like okay this about to be goood 😁. Never been to the motherland. Where would I like to go? Whew...so many countries. South Africa....Egypt...Kenya...and from the looks of it Nigeria too! 😊 Haven't done the whole trace your DNA roots yet but I'm sure once I did that would also add a few places to the list. Until the next one! I gotta turn my notifications on for you linda, dang!

[@ChocolateCheese1000]

I really wanna go to Kano, Lagos and Accra. Especially Kano, because Im learning Hausa at the moment and Kano itself looks like a really beautiful and interesting city.

[@southernfriedpeaches]

This was great Eve! We missed you! I have always wanted to go to Spain. Sidenote: What is with our fascination with European Countries and Cultures? Anyway, my focus, desire has shifted. With the social injustices to the revolution that is happening in the film industry, I want to learn more about my background prior to slavery. I plan on taking an ancestry DNA test to see who I be...maybe travel to that country. Right now, I have my heart set on Botswana because my friends Jill Scott, Idris Elba, and Anika Noni Rose shot No.1 Ladies Detective Agency there.

[@ZuZuNatural]

I have never applied for a Visa for Nigeria but I know the struggle is real...trying to get a Visa for China left me speechless! You look like you had a ball...the Jollof rice wars are hilarious! This event sounds amazing.

[@SingleButNotSolo]

@evelynfromtheinternets OMG! You met Kangai!! Too cool!! I'm so hungry now watching the Jollof rice war! lol! I have both Ghanian & Nigerian friends who cook for me so I like both styles! I visited for the first time last Fall. Spent a week in Namibia & a week in SA (Cape Town). Can't wait to go to Ghana & Nigeria!

[@catinahat7875]

Bruuuh... The seeing them with my eye situation... I died... 😂😂😂😂 spirit lifted... Ty

[@nyashapatrice2283]

I'd love to go to Kenya, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Mali and Timbuktu, Tanzania, Egypt...

[@mosunshine9265]

I LOVE EVELYN WITH ALL MY HEART 😭😭😭😭

[@FruitGummyQueen]

I needed a little Evelyn in my life before I went to work😌 THANK YOU! Ooooo, and the hair POPPIN.😎

[@a.j.3088]

As always, your videos brighten my day. I’d love to visit so many places in Africa: Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Madagascar. I must spend at least one whole summer in at least one of these places before I die. I actually want to learn the language of my ancestors, but I’m so far removed I have no idea what language that is. I should research that 🤔😁

[@SimmerJas]

love your hair evelyn!😍😍