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Episode 1 'stay in Africa'


I was 15 when i finished secondary school, a rare situation in clans around the world like Nigeria. So legally, i am to wait till I'm 17 to be in a university. Well this is no problem as jamb is willing to help with the job. But I didn't care about Jamb, or collage or anything, i just wanted to leave Nigeria, basically Africa. So i scraped jamb for three years hoping to get a scholarship in a country that is not in African. In my naive small mind, to me i was "my own man"so i took instructions from nobody, But it doesn't work like that here because ass whooping from parents in clans like Niaja is something they do with pride, its "proudly African" with the 'WHOOP RESPONSIBLY' tag on it. that's why you don't get to see punkass brats in africa. So i stayed at home for some years and before i knew what was up, i was 19. I didn't want to be a 22 year old 100 level niqqa in college.
So it rang drums in my ears,I had to stay in Africa. No negotiations, no arguments.
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