My life is not a badge...

...Omonoba...
Our people say:
Yoruba: Kí ni eégún ńwò tí kò fi òwúrọ̀ jó?
Eng: What was the masquerader looking at that he did not take advantage of the morning to dance? - Yoruba Proverb.
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Pele, my people. My majors are very demanding and I am busy with school work, Intl. Students, African Students Assoc., E-Centre, etc. Things are not getting any less busy, so bear with me. For instance:

One chilly morning last week, I left home to school looking like this:

By the end of the day, I was in another city with other Bioneers looking like this:

I was so inappropriately dressed but I'm glad I answered the call. This community was very disheartening. There is a project at hand, GrowHaus, to provide healthy food for this low-income community sitting right in the middle of the industrial area of Commerce City, CO. Almost a hundred percent of residents are of minority standing and live there not because they want to but because they have to. They DO NOT HAVE A GROCERY STORE within at least THREE MILES. In the States, this means that they have to rely on convenience stores (7-11, etc) and extremely "fast food" (McDonald's, etc). Not good. GrowHaus is providing employment, creativity, food, sales, etc for this community. 

My life is not a badge, it's a responsibility. 

:)

Have a blessed weekend,

NakedSha.

Blind Boy

...Omonoba..
Our people say:

• An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb 

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Just Read : 'This Child Will Be Great' by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf {Liberian president and first female president of any African country}.

Now Reading: 'Virgin of Flames' by Christopher Abani.
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One creative  blog which I think everyone should check out : http://www.newdressaday.com/
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Ever wondered what a blind person may see? How a blind person - from birth - may dream? I'm meeting up with a blind person very soon; it's been postponed over and over again. Will keep you updated. I wrote a poem:

Blind Boy.

Blind boy, what do you see?

Nothingness?

Flimsy film of darkness

melting into oblivion?

Circles of illusive light

wolfed by pitch black

before light can be seen?

Like a drop of your tears

engulfed by a fervent tide.

Blind boy, you do not see

this bedlam.

The light and the form

have conquered this place.

The sanity here is thinner

than a sharpened pencil tip.

Our plenty light is too much.

The sight of your ear and those

of your skin and your stick

are sufficient for fulfillment.

Blessings,

My name is NakedSha.

Stories of Us - Part 1 - How much does difference matter these days?

...Omonoba...
Our people say:
Yoruba: Àbúrò kì í pa ẹ̀gbọ́n nítàn.
English: The younger person does not give the older person history lectures. - Yoruba Proverb.
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I realize that we do not have very much control over who we meet. We do however, have a slightly greater control over we start talking to, choose to date and perhaps eventually marry - In general. I am curious as to whether present generations are actually more liberal than older ones or it is just a facade. I know responses may not match actions but I think I will get a general idea. I''m sure many other people are in this camp. So, due to many conversations I have had with friends and family, I have decided to ask you all - my beautiful readers - this question.

Question: Are you / would you (genuinely) be open to marry someone of a distinctly different race,  faith, culture, tribe,  etc ? (If you are interested in getting married / are married)


A little help.
In order of preference, rank your willingness to marry someone of:
* The same tribe
* A very similar tribe ( Eg., Igbo and Ikwerre are very similar)
* A different tribe / culture (Eg., Fulani and Ijaw are very distinct)
* A nearby country (Eg., Nigeria / Cameroon are very close to each other and share similarities)
* A different broad ethnicity (Eg., Black and Asian are different broad ethnicities of the human race)
* A different faith (Eg., Christianity and Buddhism are distinctly different faiths)


I mean:
How much does the variety of our differences matter these days. It seems to matter less and less but is this just a facade?


I understand that the readers of my blog are a small number of people but from what I know so far, there is a broad opinion pool.

Oya, my people, may una shoot!

Blessings,
NakedSha.

P.S: Let us try to abstain from derogatory nick-names, abeg.