When it came to patriotism, no American citizen was as determined to scream his allegiance to the States as much as Eddy. Originally from Nigeria, he had come to the USA, a wide-eyed, overzealous foreign student; a sponge, willing to soak up everything about the much disseminated and celebrated American culture. It didn’t take long before he dropped his birth-name in favor of an English one; one that lacked the clicks and clangs that came with stringing together native phrases to produce the esoteric rhythm of an African name.
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awwwww the article was really nice
your a good writter
Blessings……
Interesting point of view. Assimulation, assimulation, assimulation, it happens.
Stay blessed.
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Lovely Article!!!
Very deep, and it shows you took your time to write it.
If you were here,i’d have given you the warmest of hugs! That was a very amazing post!
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Thought provoking piece Kitkat.
I can only offer this….. it is not as easy as we think it is.