THE RARE LOVE IN AFRICA
I know of an Igbo man called VAL (Not his real name). This man lived in one room apartment. But he hisn’t living alone, his younger sister, a matured lady in early early 20’s also lived with him. Both of them are very friendly to be with.
While living in this room, VAL’s girl friend, whom he intend to marry also parked in. Now, they became (3) three living together in one room as family. They were happy together.
Then one day, one of VAL’s childhood friend living in the same city probably had problem and when all hope seems lost, this friend of his, along with the friend’s wife and 3 children joined him. VAL accommodated them all in his one room, pending when they would overcome their problem and get their own apartment.
Now, they became 8 living in just one room with 2 separate families. 2 matured men, 3 matured women and 3 kids.
They lived together happily without any problem for months.
Then again, after few months, another friend of his living in Lagos was affected by Fashola’s demolition. This friend also have a wife, no kids yet. The Lagos guy was thinking of relocating to his friends city, but there is no funds yet, so he had to bring his wife to stay for some time.
Throughout the friends stay in that city, he and his wife also lived in that one room along with the 8 other people. VAL’s Lagos friend stayed for some weeks, then traveled to hustle, leaving the wife behind. He often comes back to check her.
Now, 3 different families all living in one single room. 3 matured men, 4 matured women and 3 kids.
This gentle man with a kind heart man called VAL make this room comfortable for all the families. This is what the Youba’s try to describe in a proverb which states that, ‘’Yara roboto gba ogun eyan ta ba fe ra de inu’’, meaning that,’’a single room could accommodate 20 people if we truly love each other’’.
What am driving at is the fact that,VAL, along with 9 other people whom he accommodated in time of needs lived together happily in one single room for months. Though, at a point, they might have had issues, but it didn’t degenerate to ugly scene requiring external intervention.
This is what I call the ‘’African love’’. It could hardly happen anywhere else in the world.
VAL didn’t consider the inconveniences all these people would cause him as a person, all that mattered to him is helping friends who are in need. VAL accommodated them with open mind and he showed them what it means to have a friend. THIS IS THE AFRICAN DEFINITION OF LOVE.
This is the African Spirit which enjoys us to make sacrifices so as to help our brothers in time of need. To Mama Africa, Love is not giving from your excess, Love is giving from what you need. This means that, you must compromise your own need to accommodate the need of others.
LOVE is not what you do in your convenience, LOVE is the scarifies you make at the detriment of your own comfort.
LOVE is sacrificing your comfort to assist someone.

To all my friends reading this, can you sincerely show this kind of Love?
To say the truth, most people do not make scarifies to show love, yet they claim to love sincerely. What sort of love can that be?
LOVE is not just in the relationship between husband and wife, we can show love to everyone. We can show love to our friends, families,country and even to our enemies.
THIS KIND OF LOVE IS WHAT WE CALL THE RARE LOVE IN AFRICA, WE MUST LEARN TO SHOW THE REAL LOVE AT OUR OWN DISCOMFORT. Mr.Rights

I'll be back to read this later

Love endures all bro

On a second note, this story was exaggerated.

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It wasn't exaggerated..It was real and stated as it was

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