Editors Note: When I started to edit this manuscript I thought it was going to be just a quaint story about a boy growing up in Nigeria. Was I wrong This story takes you inside the mind of the main character and all of the many struggles that he had. Struggles of just living to eat another day. Struggles of trying to get an education that might matter. And finally struggles that led him into Nigerian political and military world that landed him and others into the midst of terrorist hotbeds and attacks. This is not about the past, this is about what is happening right here and right now Many people in the world are mildly aware of what is going on in this country. Most are oblivious completely. Listen to Chebe's voice. Listen to his struggle. Let not Chebe's ambition and what he longed to live for be in vain. What is most interesting about this story is that while it brings you many times to tears, that as you observe the changes that Chebe goes and grows through so the changes begin to occur inside of you. You may never look at your life the same way again. Are you ready for the journey?