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Bitter sweet heart h hunting5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() While others were in the heat of hunting, he would privately retire to the top of a raphia palm and write down the names of some tree species commonly found in the forest. This made him come up with the idea of taking charcoal and slate each time he was about to go for his hunting adventure. In spite of all the community was practicing, Wazobia was a very dogged and subtle boy. Many a youth met premature deaths when they insisted on associating with modern trends. The low level of illiteracy took its toll on the members of the society, as they preferred wearing fig leaves to putting on clothes made from cotton or wool. The whole community was deprived of Western education because they held to some erroneous ritual beliefs that education was meant for those with mental illness. It was in this type of community that Wazobia was born but he chose to be different. Some who succeeded in visiting the community were killed to appease the gods of the hill. ![]() Many a foreigner tried to have access to this hostile group of people but all efforts proved abortive. The community was so hostile to the point that visitors who sought to introduce Western education were slaughtered once the news broke out. ![]() There was a boy named Wazobia from the Nzaga-nyanga hills, about four thousand miles away from the capital city of Jos. ![]()
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