WHY ARE WE COWARDS!?

Before anyone crucify me regarding the heading of this article I indudge your patience to read and get the content from the beginning to the end.
According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary "a Coward is a person who is not brave or who does not have the courage to do things that other people do not think are especially difficult".
When I look down in my heart, search around and  observe well, I get to know Bassas are coward. We are cowards that's why we are facing challenges. We are  cowards because we don't want to voice out, we are cowards because we are hiding ourselves, we are  cowards because we are not ready to make a change, we're cowards because we think we can't make it or get to the heights other tribes are attaining. I realized Bassa is hidden, we are not well known. I met a lady last week in school and during our conversation she asked what tribe I am and I boldly and happily told her am BASSA, but her reply feeled my eyes with tears. She said she had nerver heard a tribe called Bassa existed, I wanted slapping her but a thought quickly came in my mind "She might be saying the truth". I asked myself again why do people do not recognize us as tribe?,  I later answered myself that it's because we are  cowards, and our thought are; if we show ourselves people will look down on us.This fear made us to be in the same place every day that even our enemies seems to be known and recognise more than us despite not been up to one-quater of our population. I want to commend MR AFRED-DAVID DOGWO who will slap you, blow you or beat you if possible if you mistakenly tell him, he is not or didn't look like Bassa.
I wonder why strangers we accommodated in our land are fighting and killing us ontop our heritages. Isn't it annoying?, may why; because we are cowards. Government will surely listen to them and believe them because they are bold enough to speak out and ready to face and challenge any misfortune that may come round, whereas ours are hidden. We suffer on top our properties, we can't sleep peacefully in our own houses because we are cowards.
Another surprising thing of this century which suppose to be a welcome development to Bassa Nation is likely to be turned down by some of our elders, but believe me we're not giving up. Just imaging the BASSATV which is just lunched online via YOUTUBE in less than two weeks now want to receive a turn down from our own people who suppose be a backbone and ever in support when challenges and difficulties come. One of the person in particular been a chieftain stating that BASSATV will create problem just because it's first movement engaged on interviews on the situation facing Bassa Nation. The BASSATV which is just the effort of a lone person (RUZOMA MOSES LUKA) who is taking his time and resources out of schedule and taken the challenge upon himself that  Bassa must be elevated, but he is getting a negative reaction. Can we move forward with such ideas of abolishing and discouragement?, why been Cowards?.
Bassas are cowards that's why I haven't seen any Bassa contesting for governorship, Senate or House of Rep in their respective States despite our educational qualifications and Status. Our thought is people will mock us, what about the Bassa-nge whose population is not even up to a ward in Bassa District, despite they have not emerged, they are echoing for recognition for the nearest future. Our leaders should note that every step they take today we the younger ones will come out tomorrow boldly and stronger than them to continue it's paths.
This atritude of cowardise is also affecting we the young ones that we  cant even contest for positions like Mr&Miss of our repective states, how then are we going to proceed to National and World at large?, or should we stay behind and allow inferiority complex to kill us?, No!.
It never amased me when people from another tribe do say they never knew whether Bassa have beautiful and intelligent people. The reason for such statement is that even those who try to show up themselves will either pretend not to be Bassa or claim another ethnicity and I wonder who told such people they won't make it in life as Bassas, been Coward!.
To our musicians, our comedians, our actors and actresses, I just advice we advance more by mingling with other people, don't let  these talents end in BASSA locality alone, we'hv known each other enough, Let other tribes know us too, let Nigerian know us, let African know us, let the world know us.
I, personally writing this note am not perfect neither in any way but its a challenge before us, we can overcome these challenges only when we stop being cowards.
I believe in any dream which anyone has for a Better Bassa Nation

By: Tukura Hannah Wandama
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For; Proudly Bassa Worldwide.