Childhood Memories

Dear Sanda,

My colleagues and I were just discussing our childhood memories, a walk through memory lane, what our childhood memory was like.

Do you remember games we used to play, games like Amp3, Alikoto, Wans3, Piting3 , Mama ne dada , Ashina Gbuntui, Ko p3 one, Ina da pool, Izanzama , Chemp3 and many more out door games we used to play.

I will be very happy if you can remember these games we used to play back in our days.

Those times were very memorable, once you close from school, you are so eager to put  your bag down and change your clothes to quickly run outside and play with your friends.

During our time as kids, we had the chance to make friends in the neighborhood , something like a fraternity or a sorority , people you know you can count on any time you are in trouble.

Some of us in the Zongo community can attest to the fact that, when you are in the company  of your area (community people) and you misbehave, you know you can count on them because they will defend you.

When we were discussing our childhood memories , a friend said she remembered when they used to play mama ne dada , she said she was always made to play the role of the maid and so she never got to play the mama ne dada role . She said till now she is full of regrets since she didn’t get to play mama ne dada in her childhood days.

Another friend said his memorable childhood game was mama ne dada, he loved the fatherly role he played especially when he got to send his small children to go to school.

Another one said she loved amp3 a lot, she said she remembered when they played the okondo and osr3ti parts and the feel of success when their group won , and how you kill your opponents with your mouth gun.

Another one said people didn’t like playing with her because she was always crying. So they didn’t add her to their games.

My favorite game was amp3 and yaawo Gida(going round the house). The game I was very afraid to play was skipping rope, reason was how fast the rope played when they winding it, I have never learnt it till today, do I have regrets? Maybe.

Sanda , this childhood memories has died in the children of today, these kids are all into computer games  and cartoons. You always have new animations coming up, like batman, commandos, ben10 and a host of them.

These kids don’t get to build the kind of brotherhood and sisterhood we got to build in our childhood days. This is because the very moment he or she comes from school, the first thing is to do their home work  and then play their  TV games, that is if they have one. If they don’t, they  watch TV.

Our young  parents do not want to expose these kids to the experiences of the outside world so they end up becoming very dull people , and the proverbial saying “all work and no play makes jack a dull boy” comes into play.

Sanda, times have changed but our little brothers and sisters need to grow with each other and build friendship they can count on for many generations to come.

I have built friendships which I can always go back to and learn from them and to know how far they have gone in life.

In short they are my competition , I really hope our young parents will give our siblings the chance to explore the life outside their four walls; their neighborhood

Talking of which, can you tell me your favourite childhood games? I really will love to know.

 i missed you a lot though