Dear Universe,
I write to you as a boy
burdened, anxious & melancholic.
As this new chapter unfolds,
may this cup pass over me.
Let the dawn rinse the wounds of yesterday,
wash clean the shadows etched in my heart, & open the pages of a gentler story...
“The greatest threat to Africa is not always the foreign imperialist or the outside capitalist, but the corrupt Africans who serve interests against their own people. An enemy within is often more dangerous than an enemy standing outside the gate.”
— Ahmed Sékou Touré
The first shock of my life as a Nigerian while growing up was when I went to some of my friends’ houses and I discovered that they used to thank their parents after eating.
The first shock of my life as a Nigerian while growing up was when I went to some of my friends’ houses and I discovered that they used to thank their parents after eating.