The Heroine of Womanhood

By: Paul Tengyang

It was during the time she wanted to add intellectual substance to her Womanhood that the battle line was drawn. On her way to say hello to her family and friends during one of the days of her pursuit of knowledge and intellectual expeditions she had to fight the unwavering war. Surrendered by her opponents who have already devastated nations, she was unmoved by their intimidations. Upon series of torture and brutalities, she endured the pains and sufferings that blasted her bones and marrow like a bomb of fire in her brain. Without saying a word, she remained calm. Having been the first to be attacked among her co-preys, she received the hardest and strongest afflictions. 

The only point she resisted was when her pride as a woman was to be tempered with. She preferred to die than to see herself being defiled. She begged her opponents to shoot her rather than sell her pride to save her life. With a gunpoint on her breast and with the opponent's finger on the trigger, she was asked four times whether she meant what she said and she responded yes for all. "What a brave young girl?", remarked the opponent. Her braveness spared the others who would have been victims of defilement, though they were all stripped of their possessions and even the clothes that they wore. 

However, her heart sang into grief when she saw some of her co-victims giving out their last breath at the hospital where she was receiving treatment. She survived though she might have experienced much bleeding and pains than some of those she saw giving out their last breath. Her victory was acclaimed to God through her dearly beloved and unforgettable uncle. Thus she became a Heroine of the pride of Womanhood.