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The little black girl and her black skin.

Once upon a time in a small suburb in Windhoek. Lived a 5-year-old girl, her name was Nafimane, she lived with her mom, dad, and two uncles. Their flat was on the ground floor in a complex with about 9 flats. Nafimane was an only child at the time and to pass time, she sometimes loves to sit in front of the telly to watch Youtube. One Sunday afternoon, upon her return from adventurer meetings at church, she wanted to sit and watch television. But the dad said he was going to watch some soccer. Bored to her core, Nafimane goes to her mommy and says, "mommy I want to watch TV, tell papa to go watch in the room?'. Her papa who was not seated very far from them, suggested that she go play outside in the sun. Nafimane very sad at this suggestion from the papa, says to her mommy "mommy if I go play outside, I will become black".  This saddened the mommy very much, so the mommy enquired " Nafimane, who said you will become black when you sit and play in the sun?" ...