OH MY HOME TOWN

Today I am writing about a particular topic I am always very shy to talk about, not because I am ashamed of my tribe but because when it comes to my home town I do not really have much to say. This is mainly because I do not have enough knowledge of my home town to really talk about it. My parents only recently realized their mistake of not making their children conversant with their home town and started taking my siblings there because they still live with them. I have not been home in a few months, and even before those few months I had not been home in more than 3 years which is why I have not really been able to familiarize myself with my home town as much as I would have loved to. It’s hard to believe that I have only visited my home town once since I knew myself, my parents said I was there as a baby, and that doesn’t count because I wasn’t aware of myself then.

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But then again this doesn’t mean I do not know the basic things about my home town, for example I understand our culture to a certain degree, I do not understand the language, but I understand the food and really love it LOL. I mean why won’t you love owo soup and starch LOL. I grew up in a community whose tradition is very close to mine and although I do not fully understand the tradition in my home town, I do not think it’s far from what I have already experienced where I grew up. I’ve heard people from my home town are really nice but they have anger issues LOL. In fact it is so bad that one of the things used to tag us is the anger and that is why a lot of people are often surprised when they get to learn where I am from. This is because I am very slow to anger. Growing up my mum told me a story of how a man from my home town killed his wife out of anger because of a snail and because of that, people from my home town do not really eat snails but that also tells you how the anger of the people are there.

I am from the Southern part of Nigeria, Delta State to be precise. I come from the northern part of a small tribe called Isoko and another thing I know about the Isoko people is that we are very proud. I used “We” because I am also a proud person, I guess it’s in the blood LOL. I am just happy I did not take the anger part because almost all the Isoko people I know can be very nice and dangerous. Their pride is seen in everything they do and once anyone mistakenly triggers them, they spark fire. But apart from this, there is really nothing else I know about my tribe. I really wish I knew more, but unfortunately I will need to live there a bit to really know more. Maybe sometime in the future, but right now this is the extent of my knowledge.

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