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HOW MANY DEGREES IS YOUR SUN?

You know the truth we don't tell ourselves in Africa? That our sun here tans our skin even as much as we already have melanin popping. I love the sun...when I'm Lagos though, there's a good feel to it. But I don't live the whole year in Lagos, at least not for the last three years. So, have you heard of Ago-Iwoye or been there? A small town after Ijebu Ode in Ogun State? More importantly, on this discussion, have you ever been to the Permanent Site of the University situated in the town? OK, I'll explain something. I'm a sweet dark skinned guy and I love it(*pictures loading*). But do you know what it feels like to live in a place where you're black already but now the sun is spiked up to make you 'baked' as if to say, “what is already dead may never die”. And just so you'd see more clearly, it's like sprinkling alligator pepper to already spicy stew. Recently, on my friend's whatsapp status, I saw screengrabs of a book authore