a picture showing moyo okediji sitting with his head hidden between his thighs next to his artwork

HOW MANY IGBO BOYS HAVE WE SHOT THIS MONTH?

ByMoyo Okediji

Can someone help me to translate this into as many Nigerian languages as possible, please?Many of the boys I played soccer with in Ile Ife on bare rough grounds in-between houses, using oranges and rags tied together to form balls, all the way from infancy to age ten, were Igbo kids.In 1965, they told me they were leaving, returning home.“When are you coming back?”“Papa says we are not coming back.”