People Still Believe in Myths


Earlier today, while at work it started raining heavily. It quickly reminded me of the conversation I had with the Okada rider I took from my shop to my office. It was a sunny morning and the heat of the sun suddenly put the thoughts of rain in my head and I asked the Okada guy " Why does it only rain in the evening in this city?". Your man was surprised and he giggled. He said "well, the one who  should answer this your question can't not be seen". I realized that I have asked the wrong question. The correct question should have been "do you realize that it always rains in the evening in this city ?". He argued that it rains at other times too. I said "well, so far, since the season began, it hasn't rained once in the after or evening. " and right there I gave him a point, he said you know how God does his things, he wants us to work during the day and then while we are at our houses relaxing he sends the rain. he reminded me of the other day when I walked almost a kilometer while it was raining. I almost argued but I didn't. Discussing realign on with people sickens me.

 It's evening already and it has been raining since I think about an hour. People are trapped in there shops and can't get to their houses. I would love to hear what my Okada guy would say. But just as I was thinking of that it began raining ice, people ran outside to go see what's up. I did too. And to my surprise, everyone was picking ice from the floor and putting in their mouth. I was about to exclaim "what the fuck" when I heard one of them saying " Yana magani" the Hausa translation of " it cures". I asked what cure it does, my guy said everything. I was dumbfounded, like really? People in this Information Age believe that ice falling from the sky has a medicinal value. Imagine how much shit we have in our head, honestly I have never heard of it before, and hearing this now considering I know how stuff work, I feel embarrassed.

 What's even more thought provoking is that this didn't happen in some village down in my state of Katsina. It happened in Unguwan Sarki GRA of Kaduna state where I thought everyone knows so much to not believe in silly myths. You will then begin to wonder when things will be better in this country. I mean, if the people we consider as civilized have this manner of thinking we have a long way to go.    

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