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Sapph's avatar

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for this.🥹❤️

It tugged on my heart strings in ways that I can't even explain. I guess that's because of the angle that I'm thinking about it from - how you never know where life will take you despite your beginnings (who would have thought that the child of Cambridge grads would live his life in such rough patches? I can't help but wonder in what ways his life would have been different if his parents had never come back to Nigeria,if his siblings would have lived, etc), the long lasting effects that the greed and wickedness of a small group of people can have over the lives of many innocent people (re: The Biafran war - many of the war's architects are gone now but the evil they did will never be completely wiped out), his doggedness and determination in the face of it all (in a way and through the most difficult situations, he kind of lived a full life. I hope his son is alive and well? 🥹). I hope he finds the forgiveness and peace that he yearns for. This piece makes me think about how many people we just pass by everyday not knowing them or what they've been through; I will forever be curious about people and the stories that make them who they are. Thank you so much for this story and for the pictures, too.

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Iwuese Ahua's avatar

Every person is a world of stories. ❤️

And to the people that draw out these tales and weave them into a beautiful tapestry of big emotions and meaning, you are magic.

Thank you, Aisha. You are magic. ✨

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