I Grew Up in Naija.Let’s play
The Street General
Meet a childhood personality

The Street General.

Every adventure needed your permission.

You knew every shortcut, every shop and every gate that didn't lock. If the compound had a map, it lived inside your head — and you were already outside before anyone said "who wants to follow me?"

Road commander

What made them like this

Strengths

  • Resourceful under pressure
  • Confident in any situation
  • Knows every corner of the hood

Weakness

Your "I'll be back in five minutes" regularly lasted three hours.

A memory

Leading a convoy of kids through the back fence to buy puff-puff before the seller packed up.

Which childhood kid were you?

19 quick memories from growing up in Naija — NEPA, pocket money, street football, mummy's full-name call. Your answers reveal the kid you were.

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