The Nigerian economy is changing faster than our mindset.
A generation ago, success followed a familiar script: earn good grades, obtain a university degree, secure a white-collar job and climb the corporate ladder.
Today, that script has been disrupted. Young Nigerians are building million-naira businesses from smartphones, exporting creativity to global audiences, earning foreign exchange through digital platforms and creating jobs in industries that barely existed two decades ago.
Yet, while the economy evolves, many of our attitudes remain trapped in the past.
Every day on social media, successful content creators, entrepreneurs, comedians and influencers are dismissed with one word:
“Olodo.”
In Yoruba, olodo means a dull or unintelligent person. In contemporary Nigeria, however, the word has taken on a broader and more damaging meaning. It has become a label for anyone who did not attend university, struggles to speak polished English or fails to fit society’s narrow definition of being “educated.”
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