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HEARD ABOUT ESE?

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Have you heard about Ese?  Golden black Ese as we used to call her.  Her skin so beautiful that most people called her the goddess of the black race.  She went to papa Ijebu, who mixed pepper with lemon water, he added a little bit of carol white and a pinch of something which name, I can't recall. Suddenly the black in her skin vanished like magic, she was now "African snow white"  and she reigned in her head and her new found skin.  Ese was walking on the air, almost like her new skin gave her super powers.  Awhile later, there were cracks, itches,scratches and peelings... Her body was at war with itself.  Ese's skin changed colors more rapidly than a chameleon, no one could keep up. Then came the decay that went from her skin deep inside of her and in a flash, she was gone.   Ese died trying to be who she wasn't, she was so dissatisfied with being black in a black skin and I wonder why, what is so wrong with being black?  
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Being Omo Edo

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 Omo Edo ❤ I'm so often excited and proud to be referred to as an Edo girl, except for times when people recount our otherwise very fine ability to transport ourselves from one place to another without the use of plane or any of those flying machines 😀😀. Although,  I often as I can remind them that the ability to "travel free" on air is not indigenous to us. It's something we all unfortunately have in common as Africans. I hardly visit home,even though my early childhood days were in Edo state. But recently for not so fun reasons, I have had to visit Edo state more frequently than usual. And it's really very funny how my face lights up whenever I see the sign reading "welcome to Edo state" My excitement has nothing to do with me being born into it. It's always the great Joy from within that reflects my love for something I'm clearly familiar with, something I'm a part of. The rush of memories, both good and bad lingers and I am glad to say
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