The Origin of Nigeria's Eloquence - Mila Fisher

For those who do not know, Nigeria is very forward in it's verbosity, using sentence structure and vocabulary to create beautiful and persuasive language. Some believe their style of correspondence to be for the purpose of concealing information, to distract from what is truly being said. It turns out to be quite the opposite. Following are some examples of this Nigerian poise from the Nigerian parliament:

"The seminar is aimed at making good the promise of the National Assembly that we are on the same page with the President Buhari led administration and in line with the legislative agenda, that there is a synergy between the National Assembly and the Presidency in the fight against corruption.

"It is to reaffirm the point that you cannot clap with one hand. It is our way of saying that there must be a legislative strength to back the anti-corruption stance of the present administration."

This eloquence has a very simple, yet beautiful origin: love letters. Young Nigerian boys, as most boys do, like to show their fancy for a certain girl. But simple sentences and poorly worded requests of reciprocated feelings are not enough. To truly catch a girl's heart, one must make best use of vocabulary, diction, and wit. Some boys who are not quite up to the task of such verbosity can employ (for a price) another experienced peer to help write a truly enticing love letter.
Now, if a girl receives a message of this kind and feels nothing in return, then she need only to burn the letter, and send the ashes in another envelope back to the sender.

I think this is a truly beautiful tradition, and wish it was employed more today around the world. We have shrunk to poor standards of courting, and it is lacking in romance and appeal. I am of course speaking to the majority. There are some, who are quite enthusiastic with plans of love letters and candlelit dinners.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38827888