I’m currently experiencing the worst days of my life being a Nigerian. I’ve had bad days as a Nigerian, but nothing like these. It’s so hard to not feel pain, it’s also dreadful feeling it.Everything hurts. We’re in dark days.
It hurts that I’m watching this happen from afar but I can only imagine what the people who experience this feel. I feel very guilty that I am not there and of course dying wouldn’t make me feel better because as we’ve all seen, no ones death is worth it. It’s not just insects that’re dying, these are whole universes, complex human beings, unique special, thoughtful and innocent people who woke up with the goal of making their home better. They didn’t have to die for it.
This is the essay I wrote and submitted for one of my secondary applications below:
Currently, in my country Nigeria, the government has been attacking peaceful protesters who have been fighting for justice against police brutality. The current attack which happened at Lekki toll gate in Lagos, involved the military starting fires by both ends, removing the security cameras, burning people alive, and shooting several others. A country next to mine, Congo, has been fighting against genocide for several years because they are being overexploited for minerals like diamonds and metals used to make iPhones. Earlier this year in the US, I had to protest against police brutality for black lives and justice for Breona Taylor on the streets of Oakland. It is so difficult to see my people die because they want to live. It is difficult because I am just like them and while my life has been spared, I have to protest and convince people that my life matters and that I deserve to be alive. That we all deserve to live. The history of my blackness stems from fighting for my life and this is more than unfair. As hard as it is, I owe it to the lost lives to keep on fighting for justice. Even when I am unable to march, I always have an online presence.
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A mini rant about what is going on in Nigeria as of late. This situation with the hidden palliatives is just on another level 🤬🤬🤬
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I’m praying for the families of protesters who have lost their lives to police brutality in Nigeria and those who continue to protest. It’s thanks to people like them that we can hope for a brighter future for Nigeria
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I was ready to celebrate and toast to a new Nigeria. Lo and behold carnage was quick to follow. The heart of man is truly desperately wicked.
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The Time is now! Nigerians are waking up! I’m so proud of our Nigerian youth ! The unity! The courage! The strength! our voices must be heard! #endsarsnow #endswatnow #sarsmustend #balewaboys #abujaboys
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Bro. Diallo Reviews:🔎📖 I was gonna review 'Black-On-Black Violence,' but how could I discuss 'Black Self-Annihilation,' before I discussing 'Western Man's Racism, Sexism, & Aggression?'🤷🏿♂️ So I'll be reviewing 'The Iceman Inheritance' first, since White Aggression & at the root of Black Self-Annihilation.☠️ Subscribe to my YouTube to catch all of my Reviews.🔔 #BroDiallo #BroDialloReviews #AmosNWilson #BlackOnBlackViolence #Genocide #Gangsterism #Criminality #Criminology #BlackPsychology #BlackHistory #Yurugu #WhiteAggression #WhitePathology #Racism #Sexism #AWO #EndSARS #EndSWAT #PAS @naijaresistancemovement 🇳🇬 @africanworldorder 🌍 @deltastar_digital ✴️ (at South Side, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGbFUj1DE19/?igshid=1vzdox28kkair
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For many years i've said that culturally being Nigerian/Igbo is so lit, but politically it is a dumpster fire and now these our useless leaders have made it known to the entire world just how true that sentiment is. These police and politicians must take us for mumu! Up and down social media all last night and today we are seeing live and direct as armed forces are running about shooting people. One I even saw them shoot someone down and while the person was lying on the ground bleeding, they circled back to shoot him at point blank range to ensure he was dead. Yet they are "investigating this shooting" at Lekki Toll gate. mschewwww. This country is on fire! Nigerians, at home as well as those of us abroad, are tired. Tired of the harrasment, tired of the killing, tired of the corruption. Something has got to change! "We want a Nigerian society where the child of a Nobody can become Somebody without knowing Anybody!" My condolences to all those who have lost loved ones in this madness.
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#SustainTheProtests
#EndSWAT
#EndSARS
#SARSMUSTEND
#SarsMustGo
#ENDSARSOPPRESSION
#NOSARSNOSWAT
#noswatnosars
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