This piece explores the narratives, cultural expectations, and modern identities shaping the everyday lives of children across the African continent. It is a deep dive into the raw emotions, silent struggles, and rich heritage of growing up African, designed to give an authentic voice to those whose stories are often left untold. "She is off to imbibe these paradoxes because all she could feast upon is this stupid story told about generations that have no relation to her roots.

Whilst there lies an untold story of strong-willed ancestors, of those who fought for the life she is living right now.

And just like that, she was robbed of her heritage by simply feeding her with another man’s story.

But why would they do this to this generation?

Well, isn’t it obvious?

If her ancestors could fight and claim territories with nothing, you can imagine what she would do now that she has everything she could possibly fight with.

So, to tame the roots, they water her with acid in the form of stories, so carefully told to keep her from seeking and asking about her identity.But how can she even ask when the very questions have been buried beneath the weight of these paradoxes?

How can she seek what she has been taught to despise?

How can she embrace her roots when she’s been made to believe that they are outdated, that their values are primitive, that their ways belong to a past she should be ashamed of?

So she turns her back on the very soil that holds her history, not because it has nothing to offer, but because she has been taught to believe that nothing good can grow from it.

And perhaps, the greatest tragedy is not that she doesn’t know where she comes from, but that she has been made to believe that where she comes from is not worth knowing."