Slow country is metaphorical, but it is not about Nigeria, so let me clear that. People think it’s about Nigeria because of the things we went through recently, but no, it’s not about Nigeria; it’s just the right name I could come up with to describe the emotions this woman was going through. First of all, a lot happen in our mind; most of the battles we fight in life happen in our mind, trying to make decisions, trying to do stuffs. There is a whole different world within us that we have to contend with everyday. So, just for a woman, who is sitting down in the dark room, thinking what her life would have been like and what her life is right now, comparing both. It was something that almost indescribable; I had to look for a word to describe how she felt and ‘slow country’ came to my mind.
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