Undercooked Humans, Undercooked Minds

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One day, God was practicing His culinary skills in His kitchen. He decided to bake His people and give them names. He first wrote those names on a sheet of paper. With His handy kitchenware and fresh ingredients, He started molding and shaping the dough He created into humans. He lined, brushed with some butter, and dusted the baking pan with flour. He transferred and aligned the raw humans into the baking pan. He popped them into the preheated LG oven with a temperature of 150° Fahrenheit. He waited patiently while listening to his newly purchased IPod Touch. Three minutes had passed and the oven sounded. It was the signal that the raw humans were now cooked. Upon seeing the humans, He noticed that they were undercooked. However, He thought that it would be a waste if He would throw those. Instead, He breathed life into them. The white men and women then came. Since God had a lot of materials and ingredients, He decided to bake again. He set the time a little longer, eight minutes and the temperature a little higher, 350° Fahrenheit. This time, it was cooked perfectly. He breathed life into them which made the brown-skinned men and women come out. Feeling confident that He can bake as perfect as his second one, God baked again. He popped those raw humans into the oven with same temperature and time. While patiently waiting, He listened again to His IPod Touch. Unfortunately, He fell asleep. After 30 minutes, God woke up. He was surprised to see the burning oven. He hurriedly removed the baking humans and turned off the oven. It was overcooked. Nevertheless, He breathed life into them and the black men and women came out. To his dismay, He called Saint Matthew. God wanted to go out and release the “stress” he had. He wanted Saint ...

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...n in a “black” country with three identified large language groups? Well, everything’s to be answered once we understand how the Nigerians were colonized?

Imagine a blackboard (colored green), a white chalk and an eraser. The blackboard has chalk writings on it. Suddenly, someone picked up the eraser and wiped out all the writings. That was how the British colonized the country, Nigeria. They erased the identity and culture (chalk writings) of Nigerians (blackboard) through the use of what the blackboard, chalk and eraser represent in layman’s terms, education.

Works Cited
Boomie, Olubunmi, “Nigeria’s Geography”. Motherlandnigeria.com. 28 Jan 1998. Web. 7 Feb 2010. < http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/index.html >.

Walsh, Christopher, “Nigeria: Overview.” Canadiancontent.net. 6 Feb 2010. Web. 7 Feb 2010. < http://www.canadiancontent.net/profiles/Nigeria.html>.

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