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  I Think Peace and Justice

  By

  Ahmed Shuaib Shaktima

  Copyright © 2017 by Ahmed Shuaib Shaktima.

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  DEDICATION

  ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  PREFACE

  INTRODUCTION OF THE STORY: I THINK PEACE AND JUSTICE

  MAJOR CHARACTER

  MINOR CHARACTERS

  VOICES

  SCENE ONE

  SCENE 2

  SCENE THREE

  SCENE FOUR

  SCENE FIVE:

  SCENE SIX

  SCENE SEVEN

  SCENE EIGHT

  SCENE NINE

  THE END (EPILOGUE)

  STUDY QUESTIONS

  REFERENCES

  WRITER NOTES

  DEDICATION

  I dedicate this work to every right thinking young person who does not know how to impact his or her community for the service of humanity at early stage. And also to the victim of social inequality and debilitation who were trying to have a voice, but where asks to summit to God as it’s his wish to happen.

  Finally to the social scientist who were trying hard to mentor young people for leadership capacity in the area of national unity, community development, democracy struggles and good citizenship education.

  ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  My gratitude first and foremost goes to God for His inspiration to put this piece together. My friend and mentors who have contributed in different capacity.

  My mother, Fatima Ahmed Isah (Malama), Bolaji Hamza (the Artist Mentor)your debt and creativity is always an inspiration to me, Bayaan Sylvester(For Quantum Computer Work-Piece) an amazing person with a wonderful mind and incredible future lying before him, Daniel Kangdol who shown mediocrity and daily aspire me a better day ahead, Abega Sunday (for pre-typing the Script), BolajiJimoh (for the Graphics) for floating the final script and pre testing the piece, Amarachukwu Obi (for editing some part of the piece before broke into print), Cletus Barde, Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar, Dr. EmemObong for reading some part of the draft script and make a useful suggestion..

  In a few cases, the writer has been unable to come into communication with other authors or their representatives, but he will be happy to make any necessary arrangements with them at the first opportunity.

  PREFACE

  Rethinking voice of every citizen must engage what we dislike, opportunistic to engage are more than we think and have more instrument to create than ever before. our voice is about transforming collective action into specific project, it is the citizen that start a petition to keep water a public good or universities open, it is the community that participate in setting the budget of their municipality, bring evidence and lived experience into policy making.

  To keep our hand up we must engage and act in the face of today's social and environment crisis. Such as climate change, environment degradation, increase social inequalities, communal rivalry, persecution and criminalization of human rights, land grabs, corruption, weak morality, weak traditional institution and psychological oppression of young people. These are widespread issues that affects the whole planet, particularly those of the vulnerable Communities. In face of these challenges, there is urgent need to transit towards a more sustainable way of living and interacting with the planet and with other fellow human beings.

  Our participation in every events and dedicating spaces for action can bring about fruitful connections based on solidarity. Our capacity to give ideas indifferent struggles are core pillar to every solutions.

  As a young person we have the right to demand our leaders to take action and be mindful of the present and also the future. But every right comes with responsibility to find ways to act within our Local Communities, where we can engage with our peers and build intergenerational solidarity- where we be in dialogue with our elders to learn about the mistakes already made to avoid them again. But this start with our capacity to influence others based of our knowledge, critical thinking, and strong moral values. These skills are capable of making things change.

  We don't have to graduate from Titanic college to make a change. If there is it’s the 'Pedigree' or that certificate are nothing compare to the will human have. Our will is infinite, just as our comprehension of things, unfortunately is finite. In conclusion, I do strongly encourage young people to study- Not only now, study not because you have to but because you love too, you are doing it for yourself. You know what you worth, you know that this will only make you a better person.

  Search dig and discover new world inside incredible narrative to share and educates others find that voice that change the world, it can be small actions, it can be big actions. Transition or change began with ourselves.

  INTRODUCTION OF THE STORY: I THINK PEACE AND JUSTICE

  The story is inspired by the writer, expressing the contrastive flow of ‘good governance and self- governance’ in all over the world.

  The main character of the story is designed as ''Jani,” who is symbolically showing leadership quality in her community. In the story ''Jani'' is in the form of a School student in the frontier of ''self governance'' and ''good governance’' who initiated part of her though to other global rights.

  The story has been presented in 10 scene, each scene includes different stages in different lines.

  At the beginning of the story “Jani” is in School and after the school hour club with her friends, a conversation was initiated which led Jani to show the symbol of leadership.

  In the second stage- Jani draw her family into action through presenting a well selected news, so that she revolutionize them to observe the bitter truth about the world today.

  In the third stage- Jani engage the Community Chief on the exploitation of different crisis on the Community in recent years.

  In the fourth stage- Jani dedicated herself trying to establish and connect Social, Economic and Political Justice through relevant Policy.

  In the fifth stage- Jani finish her school and her community members aspired her to join the politics to give out a fresh ideas, before Jani could do that she decided to consult the community woman elite.

  In the sixth stage- Jani went further to study Archeology of her community from community leaders so as to codify and give self awareness in a strong traditional institution to influence governance structure in her locality.

  In the seventh stage - Jani mobilize the community members to build up their confidence around consensus/voting and proportional outcome in a democratic setting.

  In the eight stage - Jani strategies for necessary contingency in order to improve their own situations for driven model of resource allocations for effectiveness.

  In the ninth stage - Jani decide to empower her community group on self advocacy on legal frame work against access to justice and its limitation for public confidence.

  In the final stage - Jani dedicated herself trying to show some form of judicial reasoning and judicial practice that have a differential impact on the plaintiff and defendant.

  MAJOR CHARACTER

  Jani- Student

  MINOR CHARACTERS

  Mr. Laurence- Teacher

  Mr. Ahmed – Teacher

  Fati-
Student

  Sera-Student

  Ruth- student

  Mummy- Mother to Jani

  Daddy- Father to Jani

  Kuka- brother to Jani

  King- Community King

  Mr. Obi- Vendor.

  Woman elite

  Security Agent

  Vampire Robber

  Community Member

  Participants

  MD

  Police IPO

  VOICES

  Mr. Boya

  Maja

  Bayan

  A voice

  SCENE ONE

  Skills (ability usually, developed through training or experience, to perform actions to achieve outcome)

  JANI, RUTH, SERA, FATI.

  JANI: Today club is a good experience very educative and informative, who do we have tomorrow?

  FATI: Mr. Laurence that tall man!

  RUTH: Oh no do we? I don't like the way he explain things. He's very dry- no anecdotes, nothing personal, it's all fact. There are no jokes. I don't seem to grasp what his saying. He doesn't build a picture. It doesn't appeal to me at all.

  FATI: Oh, doesn't? I think the opposite, I really like the way he analyze things and his structure approach. I like to learn in the same way as he teaches. He go steep by steep, rationally and logically.

  SERA: I Prefer Mr. Ahmed. He's more informed and he starts by painting the whole picture. And he's funny. He talks about his own personal experience too, it's so descriptive and rich. Do you remember the anecdote he told about the household, which he was explaining about women and development, really interesting. He's stories really help me see the point of what sustainable development is all about.

  RUTH: Oh no, I don't like all that flippancy. You have to shift through loads of stuff to get to the point. I think it irrelevant. I can't fellow his lessons so well.

  SERA: I don't mind so much about their approach. I just listen to find out what they want me to do. I wait for the cues. I only study what I think will see me through this course, I'm more interested in the qualification to navigate and join the labor force. What do think Jani?

  JANI: I'm just really keen to find out more. I'm always reading and asking questions. He's hard for me not to keep asking lots of question in class. And I want to apply everything to real situation, I want to try everything out there and then. Moreover, I believe those responsible are working hard to sanitize our education sector that suit our intellectual development for special intellectual qualities. I love that, learning is really fun.

  SERA: Well, I likeyou’re espouse for espy erudition.

  JANI: I'm going back home to implement what I have learn so far, my concern is the future and my effort will be salvageable to the world.

  RUTH: Hm! Ms. Rights!

  Busy bodie!

  Bush lady!

  Erudite in disguise

  Beneath the shucks,

  How soon you may

  Birth the world about:

  Constantly yearn for what

  You cannot have,

  With your daily noise

  Of salvageable in disguise,

  Na you sabi,

  Na you biko,

  For breaking silence,

  With your penury.

  FATI: Dear Jani!

  Don't worry,

  As you immerse yourself

  In the mantle struggle,

  “You'll... try”

  With rhythmic worthy antidote,

  To get the days- light,

  In wishful note,

  To win the last case,

  With your speedy punchy blurb,

  From a faithful words of a dream,

  “Not more like a nightmare”

  Or an empty words of a brainy,

  Don't worry!

  A journeys of life is of two trail,

  That could worth good ever may be,

  Those who rais'd their head a vision

  They held others by their hand,

  And always get out their mope,

  That could mark well in their trail.

  To run and open wide the door,

  And give ear unto every cried,

  From a very strong hope

  To keep salvage shine,

  And those who could not drive divine,

  Levitate as Satan mischief bane still'

  Peeping like a cruel gabies,

  Thrown out pebbles to peddle

  Scoot of an effort,

  Terrifying to stop glee,

  Spies to over shadow

  Once losing integrity test,

  Pirouetting like a devil's parody,

  Once losing confidentiality trust,

  Segued abruptly in shame

  In their quixotic thought,

  Through the throbbing bottleneck

  With an invisibly eye,

  Just to make themselves new,

  On what can be said,

  And how it is said,

  Who is to said,

  When is to said,

  Where is to said,

  Which part to left and said,

  And why they mean to say

  From the meanness within the heart,

  With their toil effort under their shoe,

  For easily lose sight in your effort,

  And badly batched to sniff your context,

  “O My delightful cheerful friend!

  Haven't editing their behavior,

  Their action rough to view,

  Isolated by their own duplicity

  “Shenanigans, horrendous indeed”

  Clearly unexplainably and undefinably,

  And make no sense to world also,

  “O my delightful cheerful friend,

  Don't worry,

  You still have a view point worth listening to,

  Through your vigorous painful process thought,

  Enjoy all the process as fun and laughter;

  Express all incredulous laughter until

  'You have reach out the pyramid!'

  Keep green soul from sleep,

  To get your feet wet,

  And to do 'real work'

  As lambkins to a shepherd

  In a peaceable gently way,

  For generation that think future;

  “O My delightful cheerful friend!

  Don't worry!

  You are not a schizophrenic,

  Or a sadly lonely recluse,

  Time heals all wounds,

  Patience is what is needed,

  What's under the sea

  No man knows,

  Faith is more than what one sees,

  For God halt made it so;

  Let love through all your action run,

  And all your words be soft,

  Into every man soul

  To grew and uphold peace,

  “O My delightful cheerful friend!

  Don't worry;

  For your very hard beginning,

  He that is down need blew no fear,

  He that rises hand have lasting disgrace,

  Where you be, you be;

  Without the furtive signature,

  Of the 'dolt- noody- berks - twerp’.

  JANI: 'Dear me!

  What's that?

  What's wrong?

  Did I see right?

  Have I make mistake

  For questing on my own?

  Can that be harm to try?

  Why should my gold mind be jeopardize?

  Is rejection and cynicism

  Are price of integrity?

  Why does that thwart call

  “Ms. Right”

  Bush lady;

  Erudite in disguise,

  Beneath the shucks?”

  Do I need to cringe if she does?

  Can her word stop me thinking?

  Can life be useful,

  If many are inform?

  I could tell, without any doubt,

  If I can't answer her question

  One- Two- Three and below,

  “My head will
be smitten from my heart!

  “I guess it's possible”.

  'Her noise sim-ply-must-not stymied me'

  She knows not, dream not,

  I knew I could do

  I knew I could win,

  Do not call me names,

  You the sorry bookish quibbles,

  Do not call me names

  You the slacken swaying taunt,

  Do not call me names

  You the laziness woe,

  “Have you lost your writing books?”

  “Have you burn down'd your archive shelves?”

  To light lamp on the mind,

  And dig until world gently perspire

  With hallow senorious voice

  For twinkling thinking yield,

  To study with a will,

  Dance in a dream,

  Even in the throes of traitor,

  To Grave and savest world

  As well as you and I,

  To give accountat last,

  From the earth bower to the heaven.

  Ahmed Shuaib Shaktima

  SCENE 2

  Knowledge (understanding of a subject, gained through experience or learning that has the potential to be used

  for specific purpose)

  JANI, KING, KUKA, MUMMY,KING AID

  At this stage Jani got home in a worm welcome from family members and friends.

  JANI: Mummy Good Afternoon.

  MUMMY: You are welcome! How was your study? I hope you learn very well?

  JANI: Yes mummy I do, but today we learned about sustainable Development.

  MUMMY: Sustainable Development, what about that?

  JANI: We have been told that Sustainable Development address issues related to economic growth, the quality of human life and impacts on the biosphere.

  MUMMY: You mean sustainable Development urges to have a holistic vision of what a good society should be? But you know you government had not concluded plains to ensure that Sustainable development Goals are main – stream into the annual budgets at the federal and state levels.

  JANI: Report have shown that the government will mainstream sustainable development Goals into Budgets to avoid failure. This means that concerted efforts are being made to ensure that Sustainable Development Goals are main- streamed into the annual budgets at the federal and state levels. And I believe they are working hard to implement some of these goals.