“I hope there’s nothing wrong”
she asked in concern from the other end of the line.
“Should there be?” I enquired
in half bemusement as I silently pleaded with the female guide with my eyes for
patience.
Continuing, I responded, “Everything’s
fine. I just decided it was high time I visited because it’s
something I’ve been wanting to do”.
My sister let out a chuckle from the
other end of the phone and went on to explain,
“This one wey you dey visit
there na im make me ask because I know say person no just dey wake up visit
museum for Nigeria!”
Aha! Imagine that! A huge grin
slowly enveloped my face as the realization of the cause of her question hit
me.
“You know it’s the same thing
I wondered” quipped the museum guide who must have gotten the gist of our
conversation by the time I had exchanged pleasantries and hung up the phone.
“Usually,
most of our Nigerian visitors are those based outside the country, usually in
the company of their children who are curious about their heritage”, she
went on to add. I gave myself a mental pat on the back for belonging to what it
seems is a league of extraordinary home-based Nigerians. (Insert smug
face)!
