NATIONALITY?
It& #39;s possible you& #39;ll be going about your business and enjoying your Twitter without knowing how some people survive in the war-torn areas of Cameroon over things that look too simple and obvious. Want to know how we survive through nationality? See:

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It& #39;s too hard. Those of us who have to move about, meet all kinds of circumstances! For some, their CMR NID cards have been trimmed by the pro-independence fighters to remove the flag. Some have been completely destroyed. It becomes tough to move. You meet the CMR

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forces of Law and order: sometimes some see the NID and understand what you& #39;ve been through. Some don& #39;t. People get arrested or detained for this. Some are said to have never been seen after that. Sometimes the pro-independence fighters are understanding: they accept

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the CMR NID as valid https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😮" title="Face with open mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Face with open mouth">. Sometimes they& #39;ll molest/detain you for presenting it. So when they want to identify you, you don& #39;t even understand what your kidney is telling you to do. There are times you meet an aggressive group of them, & can& #39;t have anything to do w CMR. Your

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nationality has to be "Amb...". Some people are made to sing the anthem to prove their nationality or patriotism or both. Sorry for you if you don& #39;t know it. Some people have learnt it as a NID https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat">. April 2019 is one of the times I was detained for having a CMR NID

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on grounds that it was new. Issued 2017. I had actually had to apply twice and renew the receipts countless times. Their understanding was that while the "Struggle" was going on, I was doing nationality elsewhere. But if you start questioning what they have for you

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to identify yourself with, Saint Peter will likely check your name at heaven& #39;s gate. What is most frustrating is getting to a check point of CMR state forces with a damaged ID - and they know what happened - and they still mess you up like for real! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦🏾‍♂️" title="Man facepalming (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Man facepalming (medium dark skin tone)">

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So on a single day, you leave your house not sure if you& #39;ll come back; at one point you& #39;re CMRian, at another you& #39;re AMbnian, later you& #39;re none and then after you& #39;re both. Want to talk about patriotism? We talk about staying alive. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Face with rolling eyes">

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There are many things to share. But there are not many we can do so and hope to stay alive. Being alive is hard, in many respects. And there& #39;s no formula for staying alive, esp now that instant capital punishment is used by both sides, even for mere suspicions. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">

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