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Sorry Ngo ! – Baai-naars and the Lean-Back Culture

Home Archived Sorry Ngo ! – Baai-naars and the Lean-Back Culture

By John Ekongo

I am from Walvis Bay, born, bred, schooled and everything that defines me has fish written all over my face. Anyone who has seen a ‘Baai-naar’, will tell you that we are attention-grabbing chesters.

“Ons hou van chest and we are full of ourselves”, so we are told, although what many people will fail to tell you is that we are also good-looking, handsome and awesomely romantic. The same accolades go for the ladies.
In fact, we share the same almost blood-like characteristics with our coastal dudes from L??????’??