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Shit Matters: Finding Purpose in a Broken System
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 10 2024
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What do a remote boarding school in Kogi State, a beautifully redesigned yearbook, a stubborn printing deadline, and a malfunctioning toilet in Enugu have in common?
More than you might imagine.
When Akinlolu answers an unexpected phone call from his mentor, he leaves the familiarity of home for Wilderness, Ankpa, to temporarily replace a National Youth Corps teacher. What begins as a simple act of service soon becomes a journey of purpose, creativity and quiet transformation. He teaches Chemistry with renewed humility, composes a school anthem, designs the school's first logo, and undertakes an ambitious redesign of its annual yearbook-determined to prove that excellence belongs everywhere, even in the most unlikely places.
What follows is an unforgettable chain of events where ambition collides with bureaucracy, professionalism wrestles with poor infrastructure, and one locked restroom becomes the unlikely setting for a profound lesson about humanity, resilience and the absurdities of everyday life.
Warm, witty and deeply reflective, SHIT MATTERS offers far more than a story about human anatomy and its functions. It is a satire on systems that fail ordinary people, a celebration of those who refuse to lower their standards, and a tribute to the ingenuity with which Nigerians navigate impossible circumstances.
Because sometimes the smallest inconveniences expose the biggest truths.
Sometimes the funniest stories carry the deepest wisdom.
And sometimes, the things we are most reluctant to talk about reveal what truly matters.
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