You learn more from the street than school - Portable
Nigerian singer Portable discusses his difficult upbringing, the loss of his mother, and the lessons he learned from street life. He also defends the First Lady's comments on small-scale entrepreneurship, arguing that informal trade is a legitimate path to success.
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The article provides insight into the cultural discourse surrounding poverty, entrepreneurship, and the informal economy in Nigeria.
Nigerian singer and entertainer Portable has opened up on his childhood struggles, street experiences and the lessons he learnt outside the classroom, stating that life on the streets taught him valuable skills.
The singer shared his experience during an interview on The Honest Bunch Podcast, where he spoke about losing his mother at the age of 13 and how the loss affected his upbringing.
According to Portable, although people were available around him, nobody could provide the same care and support his mother would have given him.
“You learn from the street more than school. I lost my mother at the age of 13, nobody to take care of me. It wasn’t like they couldn’t take care of me, but they wouldn’t take care of me the way my mother would have taken care of me.”
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