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Nigerian Brides
Nigeria is a great place to look for an African bride, because it has the largest population of any country in Africa, about 160,000,000 or so.
Nigeria is a large country with a dizzying divide between the rich Nigerian women and poor African brides interested in meeting foreign men, because Nigeria is the largest oil producer on the continent and, along with South Africa, the region’s primary financial center.
In the larger cities, such as Lagos and the capital, Abuja, Nigerian women are much more likely to be highly educated and much more in tune with the broader world, but many Nigerian ladies living in more rural areas are likely to much less educated and in tune with modern western culture.
Nigerian Girls
You may believe that you want to find a beautiful African bride with traditional views, but different cultural practices can cause a lot of friction within a relationship. Most Nigerian brides will usually be pretty conservative by the standards of the United States and Europe, but they will also usually expect that you fulfill the traditional male role. Normally, that means they expect that you are willing to be a leader within the family and the breadwinner, but it is actually considerably more complicated than that. It seems very simple until you are involved in a relationship, so take some time to understand the culture before you get serious about a sexy African girl.
Religion is a major issue that causes enormous problems in Nigeria, because about slightly over half the country is Muslim, about 50.2% according to best estimates, and nearly all of the other half of the country are Christians, although there are still a small number of Nigerians who practice one of several pre-colonial native religions. The nearly even split between Christian and Muslims has led to serious violence, appraoching the level of civil war in some areas, however it is difficult to know how much religion really comes into play when Nigerian girls are looking to date foreign men.
Nigerian Dating
The best rule for Nigerian dating, like most things, to keep religion in the back of your mind, but do not let it sour everything. Many Nigerian women are much less doctirnarie about religion than you would expect in such a conservative culture, and if you are religiously conservative you will probably be surprised by the beliefs of a religously conservative Nigerian lady. They might very well be different from you beliefs, so try to keep an open mind or at least be prepared even if your bride’s religious beliefs are extremely important.
Finally, one of the real adavantages of Nigerian dating as opposed to other West African countries is that it is easy to book a flight and a hotel, because of the of the large number of American and European businessmen and oil field workers who regularly visit the nation.
It is worth mentioning that like most African nations there are some areas where you should be more careful about traveling. There is some serious civil unrest in both the North, in the predominantly Muslim area, and in the South where the indigenous people are fighting for a greater share of the nation’s oil revenue.
To be safe it is worth checking the US State Department’s travel page for current update and alerts.
