ỌSỌ ABIOLA




Speaking to Ebuka about the war, Adichie si na a lot of Igbo people of her generation knew that something had happened to their families but didn\"t know what it was because their parents didn\"t talk about it. That hit me. It hit me hard. O hitiri mụ because I could feel it first hand. Every igbo person m ma has a family member they lost to the war. Is either na mpa nnukwu onye ahụ nwụrụ na agha Biafra, or na their uncle Milletus who was enlisted to fight never came back or na their mums sister got lost ka ha nọ na-agba ọsọ agha and never returned again. They all lost deeply, and emeanirọm their sources of livelihood. Since the war, what we\"ve had bụ a generation of Igbo people azunitere na many untold stories.
The untold story mu na ụmụ nnem and my generation mere inherit bụ the untold stories in a game we played as children - ọsọ abiola. We enjoyed it, without knowing what it is or how the name came to be. Sure, e mechara mentionụọ ya na government class na SS2, but what of ndị na-emero government na SS2? In ọsọ abiola, there are lines drawn on the ground and in those lines, the chasers have paths for catching the runners. It was a difficult, competitive game because catching the runners was so easy that each person had to be very careful. For my parents generation, ọ buro a game. Ha gbara ọsọ ndụ ha From different parts of this country. Ha rapuru everything behind, their possessions, ọlụ ha, afia ha, ndị kwesịrị ịbụ enyi ha and everything ha tinyegoro their hearts and souls into building and ran like hell. For what? 


Ọ a phenomenon na Naijiria, na anything gara wrong na this country bụ ndị Igbo mere ya. Ma nke aka anyị dị, ma nke aka anyị adiro. Ọ dị very painful. Enwero any tribe na this country chọrọ ị own up to their shit and hate. Ha ncha nine ga eblame ndị Igbo, wreakie havoc ma kogharia the story na ha bụ victims in the same mess ha mere orchestrate. Pogrom na other crimes against humanity acommitiri against ndị Igbo leadiri up to agha Biafra. They killed millions ma blameuo ndị Igbo. Ọsọ abiola mere, the same thing. Oge ENDSARS massacre mere, the same thing. Now with the crisis in the west, this e-nomad dị filled with disgusting lies ebidigo hawk ba untruths. Ọ dị very annoying. It is painful to be Nigerian mana ọ dị more painful mgbe ibu onye Igbo.

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  1. They keep trying to bury us mana like seeds, anyi gana eto, we will continue to grow. They won't let us be for fear of what we may become but we continue to show that a gold fish enwero ebe ozuzo.
    They can cover up the genocide that was the Biafra war all they like mana anyị na fa ma nke bụ eziokwu. And ofu mbosi, someone must pay!

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  2. Absolutely one of the best things I've read in a while! Jisie ike!

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