I speak for those who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.
Ndu
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Joined July 2009
- “The house that pounds yam noisily thinks the silent ones don’t eat”
- People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck. 
- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
- Be kind because kindness is a measure of our humanity; but do not be nice. Nice means wanting always to be liked... Nice means silencing inconvenient truths and choosing always to be comfortable. Nice means talking about peace and not about justice.
- The knowledge of cooking does not come pre-installed in a vagina
- He who drinks beer and says the truth is better than he who drinks anointing oil and lies.
- They turned us against each other to distract us from turning against them.
- Love comes naturally… Hate is taught
- On the back of injustice.. success will never stand!
- Think about how you remunerate those qualified, who lay the foundation of a child’s education. Think really hard whether you want the sum of frustration imprinted on these lives for eternity. Then, act.
- Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something... Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men



