🌸 Ignorance is one of the worst things that can happen to a person. During the era of the slave trade, people’s hands were chained, but from colonization until today, it is the minds of people that have been chained. We now see individuals with sound bodies, yet their minds remain captive—bound to the same teachings and influences that have kept them restrained.
🌸 Look at what is happening to us today. Despite the realities in the country, many still defend their oppressors in the name of religion. It is a painful contradiction that continues to hold us back.
🌸 We are gradually approaching a point where human lives are reduced to mere statistics. The humanity within us is slowly being watered down, and we risk losing the very essence of who we are.
🌸 Imagine a Governor arriving at the scene of tragedy in an armoured car, offering only promises of a befitting burial for those who have been killed. A curfew is declared, yet the attacks lasted for hours without intervention. These are the realities we face.
🌸 It is a sad reality for us in Nigeria. Whatever the motives of those perpetrating these acts, they can only be stopped through the collective effort of all citizens. Otherwise, they will continue, conquering one community after another.
🌸 There was a time when leaders read and wrote books to share their ideologies. Today, many of the leaders we have seem to lack even a sense of their own minds, let alone clear ideologies.
🌸 It is indeed easier for a wise person to understand a foolish question than for a fool to understand a wise answer. Ignorance is a disease that has kept us on our knees, and religion has, in many ways, ensured that we do not recover from it.
🌸 My people, let us embrace one another and save our land. We have no other place to call home. Look at what is happening to Africans in South Africa and other African countries—we struggle even to tolerate ourselves.
🌸 It is a sad reality, but the only way forward is for each of us to work individually, yet collectively, toward the simple goal of freeing ourselves from mental slavery.
🌸 I remember my ancestors every day, and I hope they remember me. I remember Maazi Nnamdi Kanu, and I hope he remembers me. I remember all our heroes past, and I hope that one day, they will remember me… Onye aghana nwanne. Enough of this suffering and the killing of our people.
🌸 For how long will we stand and watch them kill our prophets? Until when will we rise, embrace who we are, and stop seeking validation from outsiders?
🌸 May the Almighty God help us to truly realise ourselves.
🌸 I remain your friend and brother;
Maazi Onuora Obodoechi
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