BLACK ROSE

ORIENTATION DAY

A very warm Monday morning, its orientation day, Rose, Sophie and Cece the half cast were walking in the university hallway, the school was filled with new students, the hall way was busy with students going up and down. Rose was so excited. She heard that Charlie is the daughter of a Canadian commissioner so she walked with the big girls whom Rose still do not know, only Sophie and Cece are nice to her, although she sees some of their action as rude, but its just their way if life here, just like when Sophie was talking to her mother, she started by saying "Hey mom... you didn't lemme finish, I am talking to you mom listen" this way of talking to your mother in Africa is a taboo, Rose remembers when she spoke rudely to her older cousin, her mom slapped her on her sister's behalf, while those thoughts were running in her head, she laughed out

"Whats so funny?" Cece asked

"Nothing I just remembered something funny"

"Care to tell us?"

"No you won't find it funny instead you'll find it absurd"

"Now I am curious to know"

The bell rang, its time for them. They are all newbies in the University, so they all will be present for the orientation, they walked to the big hall, the hall was so big, they are all amused, they took their seat at the middle row.

A british man entered and climbed the podium,

He smiled to everyone, tapped the mic to get every students attention, he cleared his throat and began to speak,

"Good morning freshers, I am Mr. Winston, the History Lecturer of this prestigious University." He gave a long history of the founding father and the university, he continued to speak on and on and on this made Rose feel sleepy. Mr. Winston sighted sleepy students and students who kept on talking as he lectured, this made him quiet, his silence made the students attentive, they look at him with curiosity.

"You, come out" he pointed to a black boy seated at the front row, he is among the scholarship students, nervously the boy stood up and climbed the stairs of the podium to the lecturer, everyone was quiet, they all want to know what will happen next, they want to know what the boy did

"Do you know the history of the Blacks?" He asked the boy

"No, we were probably created by God just like the rest of the skin colours, browns"

"No I tell you, God never created the blacks"

Rose pupils dilapidated, she got angry and the next thing was to reply

"What apostasy is this?" She said quietly

"After the flood during the time of Noah, if you all don't know, I am also an anthropologist so I know this. As I was saying, during the time of Noah, as children were born, the female child became plenty, therefore a lady decided to mate with an Ape so she would get pregnant, which worked, she did got pregnant and gave birth to a half human half Ape"

"Thats not true sir, if it was, then why don't I have a tail like apes or long arms or wide nose like apes?" The boy asked

"Okay boy, listen, as time went on, half Apes halfHumans mated with humans, and their children with humans, and so on, and little by little metamorphosis took place and thats why, most blacks have short hair, thick and a little full and curly, and usually flat nose, big lips or wide, most of them behaves like Monkey" he laughed and some students laughed as well, Rose felt so terrible, she wanted to speak, but out of anger she stood up to leave

"Who is that leaving? Comeback" the lecturer said, Rose turned back confidently

"Come here"

She walked to the podium with confidence, "sir!"

"What do you have to say about my Short Analysis ?"

"With all due respect sir, I'll say that your analysis is very wrong. We weren't there to withness such so how can you tell God who he created and who he didn't? Probably, one of Noah's sons wife was a black. Also what proof do we have to show that God did not create more people aside of Noah?" They are all quiet, " no proof, also what if at that time, Africa was not flooded? What if it was only Israel and some other disobedient kingdoms close to Israel that was flooded? And you can't say that black behave like monkeys, i have seen a very hairy white guy here who jumped like a monkey on the table in class this morning, showing off his gorilla sized and hairy chest to his friends in one of the empty lecture theatre "

All her questions, made the lecturer amused, he laughed and clapped

"wow Girl, you are very clever, did I not mention that it's a story, was a joke on all the black scholarship students?" Every one laughed except for the black students and halfcast who hailed from Africa. Rose felt disgusted she wanted to leave the podium

"What's your name dear?" Dear, don't call me dear after insulting my origin indirectly to proof to me that whites are the masters, you ain't my master, Rose thought

"Roselyn Babalola Olayemi" she stated

"Rose is fine by me, what course were you given to study?"

"Music sir"

"Why? Why? I will really love to have confident and challenging Students in my class. You both can go now, the Directors are here," he left the podium

"Good morning students, I am so sorry for coming late, I believe you all have the map of the school right?"

"Yes "they all chorus

"now I will first of all tell you our mantra, and our rules, we adhere strictly to rules, you don't break our rules if you do, expulsion or suspension is the penalty"

The Director went on and on reading the rules and so on.