Wahala

The first time I heard "wahala" was in the context of something going horribly wrong and I was surprised. Surely such a problem couldn't be heaven-like? Coming from Europe and raised with old mythical stories about the walhala, I was not prepared to understand the meaning of wahala in Nigeria. I'm not even sure if you can translate it, but it would be something like "problem" or "trouble".
After living in Nigeria for a while you cannot help but think: "wahala dey for Naija o!"
Funnily enough, i don't mean this negatively. There is always some wahala here (no electricity, too much rain or too much sun, maniac drivers, poverty, too many people, corruption, malaria etc etc) but having daily challenges makes life fun at the same time.