Home, Home on the Range.

It's a different experience every time I come to Nigeria. This time the journey was pleasurable thankfully...I seemed to have come to terms (somewhat) with my fear of flying. Next step, water...

Any way being 'home' has riled up a few emotions and I am looking to write some political fiction. The ideas are still taking shape and I'm unsure about a lot of things. But I think it's about time I pulled my weight and wrote something long and meaningful. I just finished a piece on domestic abuse which was quite lengthy and a lot of fun to write. (If you want to read it, you'll have to keep up with Duvera Magazine where it will be published in chapter-like chunks over a period of time). So I am basically trying to do more lengthy prose. And of course I'm trying to write things that affect my race, gender, generation and people, things that they will deem meaningful so to speak. My brewing idea is gradually taking shape and I think it might make a good screenplay but I might just stick to what I know for now (I'm not particularly confident or comfortable with writing dialogue to be perfectly honest). My last piece took me about a year to write which makes me feel like I need to be very patient for this one. I might think of publishing a series. Plans, plans, plans!!!

I'm telling you all this to hold myself accountable, to motivate myself to finish what I start for a change. Besides I'm getting to the point where the curse of independence and growing up is going to fully set in which means I'll barely have time to sleep, never mind write. There is so much to think about.

But as for this moment I am home and I have some time on my hands so I might as well get to it!!

I'll keep you posted...

Nigeria is why I hate politics and politicians.

I weep for my country. I'm sad because most of us are too ignorant to know what we have and those that do know are too scared, unable or unwilling to do anything with their knowledge. Knowledge is power my foot. In Nigeria all too often knowledge is prohibitive. I'm sad because we are too content with the way everything is.

Yes people are dying, but it's not my family so who cares??
Yes people are laundering money but I have food to eat and it's not like I can do anything about it can I??
Yes my neighbour is getting robbed but if I try to help it'll all end up on my head and I have enough problems of my own thank you very much!!
It's happening but it's not my problem; let someone else take care of it.

If we constantly wait for someone else to take care of it then who ACTUALLY takes care of anything? We live our problems to someone else and they pile up like dirty plates in a kitchen sink. Charity begins at home; wash your plates.

Nigeria needs to wake up; at home and abroad we need to wake up. Your country is falling to ruins and you're sleep-walking in No Man's Land. What needs to happen for you to open your eyes?? Our president is pardoning thieves and keeping them in political offices. Government officials are saying no to helping the country's youth but yes to buying overpriced sports cars to celebrity couples. Planes are falling out of the sky like birds whose wings have been clipped and no one is being held accountable. The old voices are going one by one, clearing the way for young activism but there seems to be none to take its place.

While all of this is happening in the motherland what are you doing??

What am I doing??!! Nothing!! We're all doing nothing. SOMEONE has to have a better plan than "let's sit and see how this all pans out". I know I'm not the only one with a passion for the future of Nigeria. I can't be the only one thinking these things. I'm most definitely not the only one doing nothing.

I despair at the fate of our country and the selfishness of its youth. I worry that the only answer anyone seems to have is for us to become part of the system. We are all creative and resourceful people; let's think outside the box a little bit.

Source:
http://free-extras.com/images/homer_and_a_doughnut-1088.htm

The politicians and government officials?? They are sucking us dry. One day you'll wake up and the headlines will say something like "Nigeria has been dissolved". Like a bankrupt business, they'll melt us down and merge us with surrounding countries because greed made our bellies fat but our knees weak.