Hi @deepak94, thanks for reminding me of my childhood story.
I was born in Apostolic Church, Ikot Edor in Akwa Ibom state. I had my primary school in Qua Iboe Group School Ikot Edor. It was a government school. The school start from kindergarten till primary 6. The story I'm about to share is about how my language disappeared from my mouth.
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My full name is Saviour Willie and my username is @deetalka6. All throughout my stay in the village I was very sound in speaking Ibibio. But after I left village—after I graduated from primary 6 and had written my common entrance. I travelled to Port Harcourt to continue my secondary education. I first resided in Elelenwo with my Uncle where I learnt how to repair generation.
But this environment wasn't suitable for me. I was having serious issues with my health. And so because of this, my uncle concluded that I should return to my parents in Port Harcourt. I moved immediately.
I spent like 1 year before I gained admission into secondary school. It was a big time burden for me because I couldn't speak English very well. Whenever I speak, friends and strangers will laugh at me. And they will tag me as Calabar boy based on the intonation that was displaying.
I continued in such shame until when I entered SS1 class. There was a program I attended and part of the program was about Asking God to teach us how to speak English. I didn't take it serious until I met a book—motivational, which led me to serious prayer with my father.
I started communicating with God and I was telling him to take away that Calabar tongue as the people always describe and give me an English tongue. I prayed this prayer for closely two months and how God did it I didn't know. I can't recall the exact day that led the miracle, but I truly know that I started seeing myself in a competition and those who mocked and laughed at me started regretting why they have done that.
I became the very best in my school. When it comes to speaking English fluently, I was number one. They started fixing me in a national debatory contest and further more due to how miraculous I was in my English communication. Nobody knew how it happen. The only difference was that, they were all shocked at my story.
Not long, few years after I graduated from secondary school, I discovered that I can't speak my language again. But I can only hear when the Ibibio speak, but to respond was a very big problem.
I know for sure that that language will one-day drop like a dots in my mouth.