The image above is that of a child coming from a black root (Yoruba tribe) as she is decorated with Ankara wear, with beautiful and stunning eye, she gazes, lost in thoughts with a very intense look on her face as she is being hit with life’s reality.

What could a lass be thinking of at this stage of her life?

There are plenty of possible factors in this part of the world that could make a child reason beyond her age.

Could she be having issues at home, school or is she being faced with the fear of picking an occupation in a failed system anchored by the predators who predates on her supposed pride.
Many say a child has nothing to worry about as the parents are bearing the brunch by sacrificing their all to raising the child, but it is saddening that most African children are being tackled with a gradual psychological trauma, mainly caused by fear, but then again comes another fear to speak up. There is so many expectations from a child whose parents perform full responsibilities to raise, but the system still fails the child, and the child is left to be blamed, sadly even the few young ones that pass excellently academically are not given the opportunity to deliver what they have to offer.
It is unadmitted, yet deep and worrisome in most African children, their greatest fears and unanswered questions, but never expressed.

Will I ever be able to give my parents the satisfaction they deserve before their last day?

A rhetorical question, and a failed system