DBBW’s Memories From The ’90s: A List To Get You Nostalgic

It’s been amazing how Nigeria has gone through a lot of remarkable transformation over the years. This applies to our 1990 lifestyle and living which was truly wonderful and memorable. From transportation to cultural norms all has indeed change from what it used to be. As KOKO revisits the 1990s, we are again bringing you some amazing memories from the 90s which does not only still exist but has gone through a remarkable change.
Ijapa car (Volkswagen beetle)-
How many of us still remember the Ijapa car? Although only few people owned a car back then, the ijapa car is one of the cars that reigned during the 1990s. It was popular among teachers, civil servants, and the average middle class Nigerian citizenry. Its origin can be traced back to 1952 and it really trended to the 90s, and even today we can still find them but not much on the road as before. The car is now mostly used in Nigeria to teach learners how to drive.
Hair Salon-
Unlike today that we have a lot of fancy hair salon, back then there were only few hair dressers that owned a salon. Most of them took to the front of their house to practice their craft. Their medium of advertisement was the display of attachments and poster of different hairstyles. Through this, they were able to create awareness and call the attention of customers. But now we have luxurious hair salons with better equipment and form of advertisement.
Greetings:
Today’s youth do not practice the Nigeria’s manner of greeting as much as it was done before as a result of cultural imperialism. Females are to knee down while males are to prostrate but now you can only picture a few youths doing that. A number of them adopt other people’s culture of greeting, it is not even surprising that some of our youth now know the way Indian people greet due to the introduction of foreign movies.
Commercial Activities-
A lot of traders back then displayed their products outside as there were limited option the only other option was owning a store or supermarket. But all still have to do with physical display of products. Now there is the option of online store, people can now buy and sell goods online. Example of this new development is Jumia and Konga. Today customers can receive goods at their doorstep without having to go outside to order for it.
Tribal Mark
From ‘abaja’, to ‘Pele’ and ‘gombo’, tribal mark was highly encouraged back then as a form of identification and beautification. Both men and women got tribal mark then, but this days almost everybody don’t want to give their children or themselves tribal mark anymore as there are now better ways to beautify oneself and other forms of identifying one another.