Persistent phone calls woke me at 3AM. At first I ignored them and thought I could continue to sleep but the damned thing wont stop ringing. I put the phone in silence mode nd tried to sleep but Ebube chose that time to want to weewee! So while walking him to the toilet, I opened my phone and saw that my sisters, aunties, cousins, friends and sundry distant relatives have been calling. At first I thought a close relative had died. Because I was not picking, two of them forwarded the text message below: pls ensure that you and your family and all your neighbours bath with hot water and salt before daybreak today because of Ebola virus which is spreading through the air. Because I know sleep has gone for good, I called two of them and was shocked they were all awake still hoping to reach me before daybreak! While this showed how much they cared about me, I was more concerned and how much religion-inspired superstition has come to control almost all that we think and do!
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:36:06 +0000
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