YPN CHALLENGE: HIGHLY COMMENDED
Fiyinfoluwa Timothy Oladipo (Nigeria) Diaries of Death in June 12th 1993 Today we choose to celebrate the death of a democrat (mourn) Whichever shows the sympathy of relieved young schoolchildren, understanding the importance of brutal assassination. Rather the significance of political manipulation. Today, children under their thick ankara quilts reminisce of what could have been a country ruled by their orthodox parents. A government for their headmasters. One dictator was enough, but so is one bullet. And even if the children did not rejoice (mourn) the ash skies would and the thistles of the wet season which approach like a headmaster. There are much worse things than wooden canes. 8th 1998 Today we celebrate the death of a dictator, rather an imagined mythological beast. Whichever makes the late 90s, seem like ten years of mares hiding from the hunter for a thousand nights. We celebrate though, the nearness of change. The elderly among us appreciate the accuracy of death, a day before nationwide executions. Death comes in apples fed by prostitutes says the press. The press over here is known for our love of bananas. 20