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Gomeza needs your help!

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Image Gomeza is a happy girl but she is often confused. Her four older siblings can't stop teasing her, they say she is very light-skinned. The confusing part is that Gomeza's classmates often tell her she is very dark-skinned, and they sure do make fun of her dark skin. Please help Gomeza know if she is dark or light-skinned. Gomeza dislikes vegetables, her mother says that's why she is thin. They say she is the thinnest in the family, with the smallest bed, the smallest shoes, the tiniest clothes, and she’s the one to be carried on the lap while in the family car. Her siblings keep telling her that by her age, they had all already put on some good weight.  Another confusing part is that Gomeza has five best friends at school and they say she is fat. “Gomeza, you’re the fattest among us, you take up more space on the desk!” they complain. Gomeza gets confused again, “Am I thin or fat, someone please help me know what I am!” Gomeza is not a TV-...

The common unfortunate story of the three brains.

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Photo by David Clode on unsplash.com "There once was a shop selling brains," so goes the story. "The first was an American brain, the second was Chinese and the third was an African brain." "A buyer walked in and wanted to purchase one of the brains. To his surprise, he found out that the African brain was the most expensive of them all, so he inquired why it was so. 'You see, the African brain is the least used brain of them all, right now as you see it right there, it is as fresh as new.' The brain salesman replied..." Have you heard of this story before? It is usually well constructed by a motivational speaker or a financial guru as they try to encourage the African child to be more creative. I believe this story was created to insinuate that most Africans and/or African  countries at large are in a relatively unpleasant position than they would otherwise desire, because Africans do not think , they do not use their bra...