Guest Posts
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What’s Wrong with Being Ngwa?
Growing up, I got into a lot of arguments trying to protect my tribe. I once took on a full classroom (full of hormonal boys whose voices were the definition of bass) and made everyone get punished because of the noise the argument caused. Our proprietress stood up for me and I wasn’t punished even though my tiny voice was the loudest. She’s dead now but it’s one of the things I’ll never forget about her. She liked me; so her judgment may have been biased or based on pity for the minority, but whatever her reasons, she had my back that day and I’ll forever remember. I’m Ngwa. I…
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Forgive And Learn, The Experiences Within
As usual, the horizon on surfaces bestows a different meaning when it comes to context and perhaps there is a secluded reason for all of this. I wouldn’t want you to think of this as a mere experience of sorts but a triggered, subconscious narrative paving way for desires. Let me arouse your appetite with a small experience, may I? Our method of getting water to the kitchen recently changed. It was tasking, not really new but certainly not what I was hoping for because I cannot remember the last time, I fetched water using “osuka” and a big basin. Unlike how it was, it would involve me taking water…
