I drank garri for a week because I couldn’t say no

Also: How to make money in Nigeria. [View in browser](=.oIe6TWZFIXbWh0uWX_Wwtqe9ZeqICwpTXczAjGbWrLI) [Zikoko Daily] 21 November, 2023 Hey . Today’s #ShortReads story reminds me of a similar garri-drinking experience a friend shared with me a while back. He was so broke and dependent on garri that he coughed one day and — wait for it — dry garri came out of his mouth. Poverty, die by fire. 😭 Tife Editor In This Letter: - 1 [The 8 best afrobeats all-star performances of the late 2000s](=.XJBlCGgLVJJS-Fbf-8bftUx1IH9SxTO2DEWnpk3lUNs) - 2 [Relatively easy ways to make money in Nigeria](=.9IxUxbTXKfYbRfeH9f21zCSlzFwgH8xLR3ejTK-_jLs) - 3 [New cats we’d have loved albums from in 2023](=.ID7XI1_xc72Sp2T46zFJxDNldFFbnXRrdXbZIH1yJsQ) =.deg2fTu0vY5iTj9286XyYNKxZN5kywPXvJeNPj2k6B4 The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund is currently running a video contest to convert creators to changemakers. 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Even me, the owner of the food, was managing it, but this babe would ask if it was okay to cook spaghetti and rice, and I’d say yes. When she left after her exams, I still had a week and some days of exams to go. But my foodstuff had finished, save for garri. I called home, and they said they’d send something in a couple of days. That’s how I drank garri morning and night for one week straight till they sent money. Omo. I really didn’t have sense.” — Dara. Your story could be the next one featured here. Whether it’s about a case of mistaken identity, someone stealing your wig in a danfo, or the weirdest experience you’ve ever had, we want to read it. Seriously, [give us the gist here](=.FM-9Z7ZHlus3FUeSXKKT57qmjGUVQB7PCq1oStpJ9Ao) *We'll be tweeting answers to this on our Twitter account at noon, so feel free to tweet us your answers with the hashtag [#ZikokoDailyQuiz](#) --> Zikoko Daily's Top 3 Remember these all-star performances from the 2000s? 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