Aikin biri, baboon dey chop

Monkey dey work, baboon dey chop ("The monkey is working but the baboon is eating") is a proverb in Nigerian pidgin. It is commonly used to describe situations where one performs the labour while another reaps the benefits.

Ana amfani da wannan magana a ko'ina a Najeriya don sukar cin zarafi da rashin daidaito na zamantakewa. Sau da yawa yana bayyana a fentin ganuwar da motoci, musamman a manyan birane. A Legas, ana ganinsa akai-akai a kan manyan motocin <i id="mwLA">danfo</i>, tare da direbobi da ke amfani da shi don nuna takaici game da rashin adalci kamar cin hanci da rashawa daga touts da jami'an zirga-zirga, tare da direban daya da ke kuka: "Na zaɓi wannan taken saboda yana nuna fushin da nake ji a kowace rana a kan hanya. Ina aiki ba tare da gajiyawa ba kowace rana kamar biri, yayin da suke tsaye a wani wuri kuma kawai yanka  daga gare mu. "A cikin 2011, ma'aikata masu cin abinci kamar yadda ake kira "Muna suna gudanarwa da irin wannan aikin ma'aikata".[eat]

It has also been used to criticise political corruption, as well as colonial and post-colonial exploitation. In 1983, Nigerian author and later Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka released Unlimited Liability Company, a two-sided musical composition, in which he adopted the saying to criticise the political environment under President Shehu Shagari's administration, particularly the perceived hypocrisy and corruption of the ruling circles. Historian and social critic Bala Usman used the saying in his 1979 work For the Liberation of Nigeria to attack global oil companies operating in Nigeria, arguing the industry is set up to priotise their interests, often to the detriment of the country. The saying was popularly used by Fela Kuti in his songs. In his Unnecessary Begging (1976), he delivers a revolutionary message and warns of retribution for injustice:



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