What do you see, my sister?
Common phrases for Skinny and Fat Women
1.Bonka Fish (in Creole: Skinny woman whose features resemble that of a dry fish)
2. Duwawu ( In Hausa: A woman with big buttocks)
3. Duguwa ( In Hausa: “A tall skinny woman with no living particulars”)
4. Giwa ( In Hausa: an elephant)
5. Ta Ciko ( In Hausa: the woman has filled out)
6. Flat ( In Creole: Skinny, “chest-less” babe)
When you turn on the television in the West the face of a Skinny chick is what you see. However, most African men love, I mean love, Fat babes ( When African men use the word fat, they mean curvy and voluminous– big breasts and ass– like the shape of a soft drink bottle or an hour glass). Growing up in rural Northern Nigeria, I frequently witnessed the execution of this unwritten constitution. Every man and woman was aware of its power. A woman was considered beautiful if she carried extra weight around the chest, and, most importantly, her ass. The complexion should be very dark, the hair needed to be braided at least once a week, and let us not forget it is a must for her to know how to husband her husband’s home and those eight children she birthed from her ample hips.
As a young child, given this is the imagery that I was constantly reminded of, I fell in love with fat women. I remembered when some of my late yayah kaka’s (elder sister’s) friends were saluted by some men on the street with names such as Giwa (elephant- in Hausa) or “Complete” (meaning the babe got correct living particulars in the right places). As the African legend Fela Kuti puts, “ yass is a wonderful thing.’ That is to say a woman’s big ass is a wonderful thing. I liked the way fat women attracted positive reception when they graced the sight of humankind, the respect they got whenever they exhale words in the midst of both sexes and the self-pride and self-worth that wrapped around their being. Hence, I was convinced that when I grew up I would be the ideal fat bush woman!
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