Anyone could tell he didn’t belong once he opened his mouth to sing the first line of the song “Kumbaya.” Apart from the unconscious cracks and the battle of staying on the key of C major, Joni was shaking with each breath exhaled. His legs wobbled, his hands waggled, and his eyes spoke the language of fear mixed with doubt. How shocking! He was introduced to the choir as a tenor singer from a sister church called Oasis. Unfortunately, this oasis had its lungs and throat all dried up. Joni stopped singing from the looks on every face. By a corner, he saw the man playing the drums lift his eyebrows - not in wonder but a mechanism most people adopt to hold back laughter. The woman playing the bass guitar was looking down at nothing. As Joni’s eyes roved around the church, he saw an invisible congregation, all rising from their seats, eyes tight with laughter! The white walls were bloody-looking. Ah! Even the brown wooden cross on the altar resembled a negation. Joni felt the wo...
OUR SOAP IS IN US
“We should be
participating in all sports at the Olympics. We have different states known for
their gifts. Some can swim and paddle, many can race, some are from hilly
states and can be trained, some can wrestle as it is part of their festivals,
others can...”
“Pessimism has eaten
deep into your membrane. Imagine if we harness our sport sector and top it up
with tourism, we will not need any oil to survive man! See, all those agbero collecting white at
various bust stops will be trained for 100 meters since they can chase buses
upandan… As for the handicapped begging on our streets, they will be trained
for the Paralympics. You go see say once these are possible, even your grandpa
go wan be a sportsman. You wen dey find work now for two years, you sabi play
tennis and suppose dey Tokyo now dey make me proud. You see my point is,
Nigeria is blessed with everything positive and negative. We should not be too
busy chasing our own desires when the whole country is sick. Our medicine is in
communal thinking.”
“Guy, make I cut that soap for you! Let’s create a club online where we can share ideas of possible solutions to these issues. In every community, there could be a training centre for a particular sport. Get volunteer coaches and doctors who can be present at least once in a week. We actually can do this. How many local government dey your state?”
“I no know that one
but I know say one bad belle politician go either spoil this plan or wan use am
to garner votes for any coming election. We sabi draw one another backward. Na
our own Olympics be that.”
“No forget to tell God
to cut soap for us abeg!”
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