Why can't I do my hair in stunning Kojusoko on a date? Why can't I do Ipako ẹlẹdẹ for a wedding occasion? Why do I have to be shamed about regaining my hair identity when I wear it out in its glory? Somehow we have gotten to a point in our culture where our natural hair is seen as dirty and informal.
I wasn't found and I couldn't acknowledge my win. Now as an adult, I know the word that qualifies how I felt at that moment is unseen. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as an adjective that means not seen or perceived.
Loneliness is when you are stranded on the sea and thirsty but you can’t drink even though you are surrounded by water, and that fact by itself is killing. When you are lonely, all the people in your life become like seawater.
