Bawoni


yoruba word for ‘how are you?’ yoruba is a south western nigerian language.
colloquial reply among young yoruba nigerians is usually- ‘mowa’ or ‘mowa jare’or ‘mowa jo’.
a more formal reply is ‘dada ni’, meaning ‘all is well’

at a nigerian police checkpoint: bawoni, wetin you carry? oga, na my laptop wey my momsy send from ame o.

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