QA問答：為什么這么多外國人去了尼日利亞，就認(rèn)為尼日利亞好？
Why do so many foreigners go to Nigeria and think Nigeria is good?
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期望值管理問題。就像人們認(rèn)為美國是一個完美的國家，街道上到處都是黃金，每個角落都是金錢，社會和平幸福。但當(dāng)他們看到美國有那么多無家可歸的人，和那么多對美國醫(yī)療和政治制度不滿意的人時，他們很失望。
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Why do so many foreigners go to Nigeria and think Nigeria is good?
為什么這么多外國人去了尼日利亞，就認(rèn)為尼日利亞好？
為什么這么多外國人去了尼日利亞，就認(rèn)為尼日利亞好？
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It is simply the expectations. Almost the same way people feel that the USA is completely perfect with streets of gold, money in every corner and a peaceful and happy society. But then they are disappointed to see homeless people and so many people who are unsatisfied with the US medical and political system.
When people think of Nigeria, and Africa generally, they think of these
期望值管理問題。就像人們認(rèn)為美國是一個完美的國家，街道上到處都是黃金，每個角落都是金錢，社會和平幸福。但當(dāng)他們看到美國有那么多無家可歸的人，和那么多對美國醫(yī)療和政治制度不滿意的人時，他們很失望。
當(dāng)人們想到尼日利亞和非洲時，他們想到的是這些：
But then they are met with things like these
但是，后來他們遇到了這些：
All of these are in Nigeria .
No doubt that Nigeria has way more homeless people than America (about 48x more), but the expectations people have about both countries means that they will be impressed in Nigeria and a little disappointed about America.
Besides, Nigeria is a very interesting country. Nigerians are so proud of their country especially in the presence of foreigners, but Nigerians speaking to other Nigerians tend to speak more about Nigeria''s problems. Nigerians have a wonderful vibe and tend to be successful abroad, so it''s normal for people to be impressed.
上面的所有圖片都是尼日利亞。
毫無疑問，尼日利亞的無家可歸者比美國多得多（大約是美國的48倍），但人們對這兩個國家的期望，意味著他們會對尼日利亞印象深刻，對美國有點失望。
此外，尼日利亞是一個非常有趣的國家。尼日利亞人為自己的國家感到驕傲，尤其是在外國人面前，但尼日利亞人與其他尼日利亞人交談時往往更多地談?wù)撃崛绽麃喌膯栴}。尼日利亞人有一種美妙的感應(yīng)，在國外往往會取得成功，所以給人留下深刻印象是很正常的。
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Well, you sound like a foreigner, let me tell you just a little about foreigners here in Nigeria.
I worked in a power station somewhere in the south, otherwise known as the Niger Delta, and all the foreign engineers were referred to as expatriates and were heavily protected by Nigerian Soldiers. Can you imagine a foreigner being treated like some prime minister? Yes, that is exactly how Nigerians treat foreigners. And just when I thought I have seen it all, the University I work with presently has foreigners as lecturers, and of course, they are still called expatriates, but that is not all, they are paid over $7000 a month, they all have at least 2 bedrooms flats of their own and a Vehicle with a driver, all provided by the school authorities.
好吧，你聽起來像個外國人，讓我和你說說在尼日利亞的外國人。
我在尼日利亞南部某個地方的一個發(fā)電站工作，也就是尼日爾三角洲，所有的外國工程師都被稱為外籍人員，受到尼日利亞士兵的嚴(yán)密保護(hù)。
你能想象一個外國人被當(dāng)作首相對待嗎？是的，這正是尼日利亞人對待外國人的方式。
就在我認(rèn)為我已經(jīng)看到了所有的一切的時候，我所在地的大學(xué)有了外國人擔(dān)任講師，當(dāng)然，他們?nèi)匀槐环Q為外籍人士，但這還不是全部，他們每月的工資超過7000美元，他們都有自己的至少帶有兩間臥室的公寓和一輛帶司機的車，所有這些都是由學(xué)校當(dāng)局提供的。
This is Nigeria for you. We love foreigners. We treat foreigners with far more respect than they usually have in their home country. We make you feel at home and take care of you in any way humanly possible. Our government loves strangers more than our fellow countrymen and that is why strangers troop in here to have all our jobs because Nigeria is indeed good to strangers!
The Nigerian government may be bad to its citizens but never to foreigners.
上述情況令尼日利亞同胞感到惡心，因為數(shù)百萬尼日利亞人可以做與外國人相同的工作，甚至做得更好。有些外國人說英語，但對我們來說聽起來很奇怪，你必須仔細(xì)聽，才能理解他們在說什么……我真的很同情他們教的那些學(xué)生。
這就是尼日利亞給你的。我們喜歡外國人。我們對待外國人要比他們在本國受到的尊重多得多。我們讓您有賓至如歸的感覺，并以任何可能的方式照顧您。我們的政府比我們的同胞更愛陌生人，這就是為什么陌生人涌入這里來擁有我們所有的工作，因為尼日利亞對陌生人真的很好！
尼日利亞政府可能對本國公民不好，但絕不會對外國人不好。
Who did we offend???
Edit: I'm not against foreigners working in Nigeria as ‘Quora moderators' and some comments suggest. I'm against the way and manner foreigners are being treated by our government and even fellow Nigerians. They almost always go butterflies when they see a white foreigner. We do foreigners favors we won't do to our countrymen and women. We know how Nigerians get treated abroad, I'm not saying we should return evil for evil, I only want us to value our fellow countrymen like we value foreigners.
God bless Nigeria.
我們冒犯了誰？？？
編輯：我并不反對外國人作為一個UP主，講訴自己在尼日利亞的工作情況，評論中也暗示了這一點。我反對的是，我國政府還有尼日利亞同胞，對待外國人的方式和方法。
當(dāng)他們看到一個白人外國人時，幾乎總是手足無措。我們向外國人提供我們不會對我們的同胞和婦女提供的好處。
我們知道尼日利亞人在國外受到的待遇，我并不是說我們應(yīng)該以惡還惡，我只想讓我們像重視外國人一樣重視我們的同胞。
愿上帝保佑尼日利亞。
I've been to Nigeria but only to visit. I see it as unfair for outsiders to work there when there are Nigerians that don't get proper pay.
I don't see Nigeria as good or bad. I just see it as different and the difference in culture can be a breath of fresh air. The only issue I had was that I was seen as a bank and not a person by some, because I was white and it meant I had money. In truth I spent all my money on the travel. I was visiting with a family and they were caring for me during my short visit. Other than those trying to cash out on me, the kindness I received is nothing like back home and was instantly treated like family.
If you are a lover of cultures and food there is no way you cannot fall in love with the people of Nigeria.
我去過尼日利亞，但只是為了拜訪朋友。我認(rèn)為，但本地尼日利亞人都無法得到適當(dāng)?shù)膱蟪陼r，外國人去那里工作是不公平的。
我不想評判尼日利亞是好還是壞。我只是認(rèn)為這是不同的，文化上的差異可以是一股新鮮空氣。我唯一的問題是，我被一些人視為一個取款機，而不是一個人，因為我是白人，這意味著我有錢。
事實上，我把所有的錢都花在了旅行上。我去拜訪了一家人，在我短暫的拜訪期間，他們一直在照顧我。除了那些試圖從我身上套現(xiàn)的人，我得到的善意與家鄉(xiāng)完全不同，我立刻被當(dāng)作家人對待。
如果你是一個文化和食物的愛好者，你一定會愛上尼日利亞人民的。
The answer to this question, like the answer to other Nigerian questions lie in the history of Nigeria. Particularly the creation of Nigeria. You see, government, education and democracy as we have it presently in Nigeria were literally created by foreigners (their motives is a subject of another discussion). The administration back then was predominantly ‘foreign’ and they helped themselves to the best the land could offer while repressing any voice of decent. As the calls for independence grew louder, the foreigners handed the reigns of power (however sinisterly) back to Nigerians. The ideology of government administration by a foreign conquering force still linger on. Despite the best intentions of the independence fighters coupled with a series of unfortunate military coups, the fate of Nigerians in power treating civilian Nigerians like cattle (no 'Jubril from Sudan' pun intended) and Nigerians treating foreigners (Caucasians particularly) like king was set. When the oil boom started, Nigeria didn't have local expertise to deal with it so we turned to ‘foreign’ Nationals. Like the colonial era, the foreigners had access to the juiciest oil deals and government officials shared oil-blocks among themselves (much like the colonial administrators).
這個問題的答案，就像尼日利亞其他問題的答案一樣，在于尼日利亞的歷史。
尤其是尼日利亞的創(chuàng)建過程。
你看，尼日利亞目前的政府、教育和民主，實際上是由外國人創(chuàng)造的（這些外國人的動機就是另外一個需要討論的話題了）。
當(dāng)時的政府主要成員都是“外國”的，他們盡可能的幫助自己人，同時壓制任何體面的聲音。隨著要求獨立的呼聲越來越高，外國人將權(quán)力（無論多么邪惡）交還給了尼日利亞人。
外國征服力量管理政府的意識形態(tài)仍然揮之不去。盡管獨立戰(zhàn)士的初衷是好的，再加上一系列不幸的軍事政變，但掌權(quán)的尼日利亞人對待平民尼日利亞人就像對待牛一樣（并非雙關(guān)語，來自蘇丹的朱布里勒說的），尼日利亞人對待外國人（尤其是高加索人），就像對待國王一樣。建國開始命運就已經(jīng)注定。
當(dāng)石油繁榮開始時，尼日利亞當(dāng)?shù)貨]有專業(yè)知識來應(yīng)對，所以我們轉(zhuǎn)向了“外國”國民。與殖民時代一樣，外國人可以獲得最豐厚的石油交易，政府官員之間共享石油區(qū)塊（很像殖民地的管理者）。
Nigerians are welcoming but we are a little extra when we meet an “oyinbo”. It goes to the root of how the country came to be. So when a foreign comes here, they tend to get the best of treatments and because they mostly come with a stronger currency they tend to be able to 'buy' their way through an a corruption ridden country. So yeah, Nigeria is good to foreigners much like it's good to it's elite (Those who've joined the ranks of government and corporately annointed bigmen). The Chinese are presently enjoying this privilege mostly at the moment. They tend to have stuff fall in their lap, remember the Chinese restaurant where non Chinese people can't enter in Ikeja? Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
長話短說，我們的政府和與外國人（尤其是高加索人）之間的關(guān)系，是被征服者與征服者的斗爭。
Chimamanda Adichie（尼日利亞當(dāng)今最著名的女作家之一），說過一些這樣的話：
“在我的成長過程中，讀過一些白人孩子穿著女士連衣裙和西裝吃蘋果的故事。但當(dāng)我長大，我發(fā)現(xiàn)這不是我們的現(xiàn)實?！?br /> 我希望我能領(lǐng)會其中的精髓。
尼日利亞人很受歡迎，但當(dāng)我們遇到“白人”時，我們就有點多余了。這關(guān)系到這個國家是如何形成的。
因此，當(dāng)外國人來到這里時，他們往往會得到最好的待遇，而且因為他們大多數(shù)都攜帶著更強大的貨幣，他們往往能夠在一個腐敗猖獗的國家“購買”更多服務(wù)。
所以，是的，尼日利亞對外國人很好，就像對精英階層（那些加入政府和企業(yè)界的大人物）很好一樣。目前，主要是中國人在享受這一特權(quán)。好處會自動落在他們頭上。還記得在伊凱賈有一家非中國人不能進(jìn)入的中餐館嗎？
是的，這就是我想說的一切。
Because the international media has greatly misrepresented Nigeria a lot and put Nigeria in bad light but when foreigners actually come in and see the real situation it becomes evidently clear that Nigeria is good.
因為國際媒體對尼日利亞進(jìn)行了大量扭曲報道，對尼日利亞的評價很差，但當(dāng)外國人真正來到尼日利亞，看到真實情況時，很明顯尼日利亞是好的。
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I once worked in an organization where I took over from a foreigner, as the head.
See the comparative statistics below:
Foreigner (white skinned)
Ordinary Diploma holder
Nil number of years of on-the-job experience (his white skin got him the job)
No Technical Expertise (he learnt on-the-job when he was employed)
Paid heavily in dollars
Flight ticket provided for resumption
Given a brand new car + driver
Had a Chef cook and serve his meals
House with stand-by Generator
Not much value was added to the company because he lacked requisite technical expertise
Above all, was given a King’s treatment
我曾經(jīng)在一個組織工作，在那里我接替了一位外國人，擔(dān)任負(fù)責(zé)人。
請參閱以下比較數(shù)據(jù)：
1、外國人（白皮膚）
2、普通文憑持有者
3、零年的工作經(jīng)驗（他的白皮膚讓他得到了這份工作）
4、沒有技術(shù)專長（他受雇時需要在工作中學(xué)習(xí)）
5、以美元支付工資
6、提供復(fù)航機票
7、給一輛全新的汽車+司機
8、請廚師做飯并上菜
9、帶備用發(fā)電機的房屋
10、由于他缺乏必要的技術(shù)專長，并沒有給公司增加多少價值
11、最重要的是，得到了國王一樣的待遇
Ph.D. holder
Three decades of on-the-job experience
Excellent technical expertise
Paid in local currency
Found my way to the place to resume
No car given, no driver given
No Chef.
House with no stand-by Generator
Added more value to the company because of my technical expertise
Given a Prince’s treatment
The foreigner under reference, after some years on-the-job, was snatched away by another company, and given improved conditions of service, also mainly because of his white skin, which is a marketing strategy in the industry.
Did I hear you ask Why do so many foreigners go to Nigeria and think Nigeria is good?
Hmmmmm!
我（本地土著）
1、博士學(xué)位持有者
2、三十年的工作經(jīng)驗
3、優(yōu)秀的技術(shù)專長
4、以當(dāng)?shù)刎泿胖Ц豆べY
5、不提供回去的費用
6、沒有給車，沒有給司機
7、沒有廚師。
8、無含有備用發(fā)電機的房屋
9、由于我的專業(yè)技術(shù)，為公司增加了更多價值
10、得到王子的待遇
參考中的外國人在工作了幾年后，被另一家公司搶走了，并得到了更好的服務(wù)條件，這也主要是因為他的白皮膚，這是該行業(yè)的一種營銷策略。
我說的，有沒有讓你明白，為什么這么多外國人去尼日利亞，并認(rèn)為尼日利亞很好？
嗯！
I'm a Nigerian. And your facts are verifiable. Nigerians aren't Xenophobic in any way even though we could discriminate against one another (ethnically, religiously and so forth) but we love foreigners with open arms…. What an irony.
Some lowest level Chinese will come down here and open some little business and then start threatening their Nigerian employees of retrenchment, Indians are known to be notorious about owing their employees wages…I mean they don't pay and they treat Nigerians (citizens of where they're operating business) like trash.
The Indians are somewhat dirty. I've seen couple of them throwing garbages on the highways from their cars (probably thinking nothing will happen afterall.) Don't forget Indians deficate on the street in their own country.
我是尼日利亞人。而且你的事實是可以證實的。尼日利亞人在任何方面都沒有仇外心理，盡管我們可能會相互歧視（種族、宗教等），但我們喜歡張開雙臂的外國人……真諷刺。
一些最底層的中國人會來到這里，開一些小企業(yè)，然后開始恐嚇?biāo)麄兊哪崛绽麃唵T工，說要裁員。眾所周知，印度人因拖欠員工工資而臭名昭著……我的意思是，他們不付錢，他們把尼日利亞人（他們經(jīng)營企業(yè)的公民）當(dāng)作垃圾對待。
印度人有些骯臟。我見過他們中的幾個人在高速公路上從車?yán)锿馊永ㄋ麄兛赡苷J(rèn)為這不會有任何后果）。別忘了印度人在自己國家的街道上亂扔垃圾的行為。
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Unless you're working in a notoriously giant organization with maybe 10 years experience, a freshly employed Nigerian versus an imported employee from India or US, France, Lebanon etc would earn 10x higher even while probably doing nothing.
尼日利亞移民是最容易的。人們只要想進(jìn)就進(jìn)，想出就出。尼日利亞如此通融，以至于2014年一名埃博拉患者從埃博拉肆虐的利比里亞飛過來……尼日利亞公民因接觸而死于這種致命的疾病。比起我們，政府更喜歡外國人。
除非你在一個臭名昭著的大型組織有10年工作經(jīng)驗，否則，比起雇傭一個尼日利亞人新人，他們更喜歡雇傭一個從印度、美國、法國、黎巴嫩等國引進(jìn)的員工。即使他們可能什么都不做，收入也會高出10倍。
Thats it. Nigerians are naturally accommodating. That's how we did way back when we first had contact with the white men. We even sold them our own people in exchange for mirror and Gun powders which we used to hunt our own people and then sell them over to the ship at the Point of Return heading to the Americas.
Nigerians are accommodating. Very very. Its only here that soldiers beat up citizens but protect illegal aliens.
我不是在編故事。我是在憑經(jīng)驗說話。我目前的工作的地方，在去年的一些時候雇傭了一些印度開發(fā)人員。他們簡直是災(zāi)難。一切都是尼日利亞人做的。這些印度的家伙，只是每天說著我們幾乎聽不懂的話，每天找借口和抱怨。他們最后自己辭職了……公司可能害怕解雇他們……笑死我了。
就是這樣。尼日利亞人天生就很隨和。很久以前，當(dāng)我們第一次與白人接觸時，我們就是這樣做的。我們甚至把我們自己的人賣給了他們，以換取望遠(yuǎn)鏡和火藥，我們用這些望遠(yuǎn)鏡和火藥來獵殺自己的人，然后，把他們賣給要返回的船。然后駛向美洲。
尼日利亞人很通融。非常非常通融。只有在這里，士兵才毆打公民，卻保護(hù)非法外國人。
Nigeria is a really funny country…because we have funny officials. Officials that blamed money frauds on Snakes and monkeys…. Wow. If I Continue to write why you should come to Nigeria, you'll pick a ticket tomorrow…you don't need to visit any embassy it acquire any document. Just board a plane heading to Lagos. No one will question you so far you've got pale skin or at least curly bushy hair…that makes you look foreign……
God Bless Nigeria.
警察會無緣無故地逮捕你，如果你運氣不好，甚至?xí)⒘四?，但對于意外來到這里的外人卻愿意給出引導(dǎo)……笑死我了。
尼日利亞是一個非常有趣的國家……因為我們有有趣的官員。官員們將金錢欺詐歸咎于蛇和猴子……哇！如果我繼續(xù)寫你為什么要來尼日利亞，你可能明天就會去訂一張機票……你不需要訪問任何大使館，就可以獲得任何許可文件。只需登上飛往拉各斯（尼日利亞的首都）的飛機即可。到目前為止，沒有人會質(zhì)疑你，畢竟你有蒼白的皮膚，或者至少有濃密的卷發(fā)……這讓你看起來很外國……
愿上帝保佑尼日利亞。
Simply because Nigerian offers a life they don’t get to experience at their base. The hospitality of the people, the genuine warmth that comes with the terrain. Also because you are a visitor or immigrant to be more precise, you are welcomed and offered the best as cultures of old always did to strangers.
僅僅是因為尼日利亞人提供了他們在老家無法體驗的生活。人們熱情好客，地形帶來真正的溫暖。更確切地說，因為你是游客或移民，所以你會受到歡迎，并得到最好的服務(wù)，就像古老的文化對陌生人所做的那樣。
Well lots of people like trying out new countries and Nigeria is a popular country so that explains why people visit a lot
The only reasonable reasons why people come to Nigeria and see it as a good place is cause it really is .
Nigerians are interesting people who value culture and morals a lot and most people see the good and creative side of Nigerians .
No doubt even when people are in an area Nigerians classify as a bad area it actually is beautiful in it's own unique way and people not from there see in beauty .
Nigerian on its own has sites lots of sites to see and people that radiate drama.
Nigeria is a wonderful place honestly upon all the crisis it's unique.
很多人喜歡嘗試新的國家，尼日利亞是一個受歡迎的國家，這就解釋了為什么人們經(jīng)常去。
人們來到尼日利亞并將其視為一個好地方的唯一合理原因是因為它確實100%是個好地方。
尼日利亞人是有趣的人，他們非常重視文化和道德，大多數(shù)人都看到了尼日利亞人善良和富有創(chuàng)造力的一面。
毫無疑問，即使人們生活在尼日利亞這個人們認(rèn)為糟糕的地方，它實際上也以其獨特的方式美麗著，而外來的人看到了他的美麗。
尼日利亞本身就有很多可以看的景點和散發(fā)戲劇氣息的人。
老實說，尼日利亞是一個美妙的地方，盡管經(jīng)歷了所有的危機，但它是獨一無二的。100%。
There are several factors for that:
Nigerians are friendly and welcoming
Cultural diversity makes the country interesting for tourists
A range of traditional dishes make it a foodie's paradise
有幾個因素：
1、尼日利亞人熱情友好。
2、文化多樣性使這個國家對游客來說很有趣。
3、一系列傳統(tǒng)菜肴使這里成為美食家的天堂。
Nigeria government may not treat there people well. But they do not do do to foreigner. They treats foreigners like special people.
Some of the foreigners like the summer like weather of some part of Nigeria
Some of the will like to spend there valued currency in a country with less valued currency.
Some foreigners love Nigerian food and way of life(culture) they wanna know how it feel, they are like tourist.
尼日利亞政府可能不會善待那里的人民。但他們不會對外國人這樣做。他們對待外國人就像對待特派的要人一樣。
一些外國人喜歡尼日利亞部分地區(qū)類似夏天的天氣。
有些人會喜歡在一個貨幣價值較低的國家消費有價值的貨幣。
一些外國人喜歡尼日利亞的食物和生活方式（文化），他們想知道那里的感覺，他們就像游客一樣。
Nigeria Doesn’t Value its Human Resources.
They Beleive the white man or Foriegner is a better fit for some Job roles which is a practical lie.
Some Nigerians are very Innovative and Creative and can take head on tasks as the same Foreigner.
尼日利亞不重視自己的人力資源。
他們認(rèn)為白人或外國人更適合一些工作角色，這是實際上是一個謊言。
一些尼日利亞人非常有創(chuàng)新精神和創(chuàng)造力，可以像同外國人一樣承擔(dān)任務(wù)。