The photo you see above is of Samson and Emmanuel- two brothers who attend school at my NYSC Place of Primary Assignment.
The first day I met Samson (the older brother), he was telling his Mathematics teacher that it was a bad idea to beat him because he had "powers."
You see, while I was growing up in Onitsha, having dreadlocks (dada) was a very bad thing. Children who were born with it were thought to be evil. I remember that a special day was caste out in churches to have the dreadlocks cut off.
The one I remember very well because I was raised catholic, was that on special Tuesdays (I can't recall if they were first or last Tuesdays of the month), parents took their children to St Mary's Catholic Church at Awka Road, with anointing oil and scissors, so that Father Ikeobi would have the hair "chopped" off in deep prayers.

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Ah, mr OP man, u neva write y dreadlocks are beauripul on african shild o