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24 Hours In 1960: The Dreams We Had And The Reality We Live.

Milliracle 🌹@marsdave (75)1d

I don't know why this came to my mind, but then I must write about it. But first off, there are a lot of things that actually came to mind, things that I very well know about, and things that I would probably love to either see again or experience once again, and aside from that too, there are a few historic days too I would love to visit, even though there's still something that really weighs more on me.

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Now, what's that day that's weighing on me so much? It is October 1st, 1960. Maybe because of how the country, my country, has turned out to be. I kept helping but wondered what Nigeria was like before. I haven't been here for long, but for the few years I've spent here, I can very well say we don't look like a country yet, and people kept saying things were better back then. Then why isn't it getting better now?

I want to really go back to that day and hear the speech that was given on that day, I want to see the excitement on the people's faces, and I want to see how people actually felt on that day. Likewise, I want to see what freedom actually meant to us on that day, I want to see how it was then, and I want to compare it to what we're into and dealing with now. Do we really have a country back then? Do we still have a country now? Is this the future they talked about back then? Or is it something else entirely we're dealing with now?

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And the biggest discovery I would love to have is not something so big, just a conversation with that man that gave the speech on our independence day. I want to know what he actually thinks of this country, I want to know what his thought was, and I want to know if what we're facing now actually started then or it only changed along the line.

And I'm sure that encounter, that conversation, that experience, and the conversation would change a lot of things. And at the end of the 24 hours, I want to return here with a better understanding of what a working country should actually look like, the dreams of those that are gone, and the understanding of how to help shape it

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Comments · 3

  • @jlat1412(58)· 16h

    Yo también me hecho preguntas similares. Mi país Venezuela, esta en una crisis enorme. Y yo quisiera saber cual sería la perspectiva de los que hicieron cosas buenas por mi país, sobre como podemos salir adelante. Los politicos actuales son mediocres o corruptos o ambas cosas. Y me gustaría hablar con los que de verdad les importó el país e hicieron cambios reales para mejorarlo como Medina Angarita, el presidente que aprobó el derecho a voto a las mujeres en mi país.

  • @twicejoy(75)· 1d

    I hope for better Nigeria. Thanks for this insightful post.

  • @pishio(70)· 1d

    That October 1st, 1960 moment must've felt so hopeful, seeing all those excited faces. It's heartbreaking to wonder if that's the future they imagined for Nigeria.