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AMBAZONIA Independence happened in 1961 – Already

By Wanaku Verdzekov · · The Cameroons

Date note: Undated Facebook post, estimated to about 2020.

Tags: independence, trauma, tlc

Excerpts:

"We are NOT 'asking' for INDEPENDENCE; this happened in 1961…"

"…the brains of citizens who have lived under a genocidal dictatorship for more than half a century need some TENDER LOVING CARE (TLC) to even begin to FIX what is BROKEN."

— Wanaku Verdzekov

Reading & grammar

Reading level: Gr 8–10

Understand

  1. What does the author say is NOT being asked for?
  2. What does the author think citizens' minds need?
  3. Why do only excerpts of this post survive?

Grammar focus: ellipsis in quotations. "…the brains of citizens…" The three dots show that words were left out of a quotation. Use ellipsis only when the cut does not change the meaning.

Try it: Quote a sentence from another post, leaving out part of it with an ellipsis, without changing its meaning.

Discuss: After long conflict, what should come first: justice, healing or rebuilding?