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RE: A thin line between fun and danger
You once told me that Nigerian parents beat their children relatively often... But I certainly don't see violence as an expression of great concern.
We share the experience of almost drowning: I was 19 when I was "dead" for a few minutes and was resuscitated. I can still physically feel the numbness in the water today. Did you ever learn to swim later?
Yea.. I finally learned to swim in that same river.. but u see that crossing over to the other side of the river, I never attempted it again because of fear..
Even this days, whenever I visit the village, I hardly see kids go to swim in the river except for fishermen. Growing up, swimming was like a compulsory thing for everyone because of the communal clashes with other neighboring communities… so, swimming was your best route of escape in case you are caught unaware.