Ikemefuna's Diary

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The Diaries Of Ikemefuna Harvest Month 1st, 1870- Umuofia Dear Diary, I recall that day like no other, it is as if it has happened only yesterday, the day I found this empty book in a bag abandoned on the ground without notice alongside a half broken pencil. I remember heading to the village excited yet terrified as the fifteen year old boy I was, leaving my home village Mbaino for a crime I did not commit nor comprehend. That day also happened to be during the week of peace approximately two winters ago, a time for tranquility and harmony. The confusion I had felt that day left me speechless, for weeks I would not converse with the strangers I was given to. I felt like a burden held captive, there wasn't much for me to do around. All I had