Singer 2baba admits being guilty of laughing at people with poor English in the past

Thursday, February 04, 2021 at 9:43 AM by Taiwo Owolawi

- Legendary Nigerian singer, Innocent ‘2baba’ Idibia, has addressed an issue that he noticed among Africans

- According to him, many of them laugh at people who cannot speak good English

- The singer admitted being guilty of the same thing and said he felt terrible about it

Top Nigerian singer, 2baba Idibia, recently bared his mind about an issue on social whereby people mocked others who spoke poorly.

The music star in a Twitter post wondered why Africans laughed at people who could not speak proper English or did not have a fancy accent.

Tweeting further, he asked why they felt superior because they could speak English with an accent.

Interestingly, 2baba also admitted being guilty of the same act in the past and he expressed how terribly he felt about it.

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In his words:

“Why do we as Africans laugh or look down at us that can't speak English proper or don't have the accent?

"Why do we feel superior because we can speak English with their accent?

"I have been guilty of this and I feel terrible now.”

See the tweet below:

In no time, fans of the singer took to the comment section to react to his tweet. Some people said Africans were brainwashed among other things.

Read what some of them had to say below:

Susan said that radio presenters were also guilty of this:

Joyce said there is no point speaking fancy English if they did not have money:

Ugegbe said African leaders embraced everything western:

Oluwatobi attributed it to low self esteem:

Interesting.

Just recently, Legit.ng reported that 2baba bought the highly coveted PS5 for two of his sons with one of his baby mamas, Pero.