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A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Francisland and Opoboland
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Francisland and Opoboland
13 October 2010
One Sunday evening while sitting on the veranda of his palace, Kofi
called his three daughters and said “Daughters, I have a very
important announcement to make.”
With his baritone voice, King Francis yelled, “The time has come,
the hour is near. Go to the Kingdom of Opoboland and conquer the
Kingdom. Take the three beautiful daughters of the King and bring
them over to my Kingdom,“ Looking at the worried and puzzled
faces of some of his troops, King Francis continued “this should be
an easy task. Afterall, the people of Opoboland are inferior, they are
animals, and are not intelligent enough to withstand us. We are
superior and we should not allow these barbarians to govern
themselves, as they are incapable of doing so. If any of you feels
guilty for what you are about to do, please leave the battleship
now,” With a clenched fist, King Francis said “however, remember
that the people of the Opoboland Kingdom are two legged savages
with brains far nearer to the animal world. Though are they are not
beasts, but certainly they are not quite human either. “
After King Francis finished his speech, the troop shouted in one
accord “Long Live King Francis, Long live Francisland, Francisland
rules the waves!”
The Naval fleet then left the shores of the Kingdom of Francis for
the three-month journey to Opoboland.
The people of Opobo, who were fed up with the one hundred year
oppression by the people of Francisland began an insurrection,
which resulted in the new King of Francisland handing over the
conquered territory back to the people of Opoboland. The
Opoboians later appointed a King (the first king in a hundred years)
and began to take control of their affairs.
The Opobians thought that once they were able to take control of
their Kingdom, everything would be okay. Unfortunately, they later
realised that the legacy of the 100-year occupation by the
administrators from Francisland had left them worse off. However
as they were resilient people, they continued to work hard to
rebuild their Kingdom.
Back to reality
If you have got this far, we would like to say a big thank you for
reading the story up to this stage.
A couple of questions:
Does it make sense for the people of Opoboland to take pride in the
fact that they were former colonies of the Kingdom of Francisland
despite the terror caused during Francisland’s 100-year occupation
of Opobo?
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