A Deluge Of Tears Ajah Under The Sea

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A Deluge of Tears: Ajah under the Sea Video Audio
1 The camera walks through lightening, thunder and darkness, an image of a polar bear confusedly seated on a melting ice cap, appears. It moves very rapidly showing roaring sea. Bloated rivers, sunken cities and settles down on a signboard with the inscription “Welcome to Lagos Nigeria: The Land of Aquatic Culture”. Moves on from there to settle on another sign “Welcome to Ajah Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos. The destruction of the earth is no longer a myth about how God destroyed the world with water and only Noah and his family were saved. The real Bible story is here with us today.
2 The image rolls out the names of sunken cities all over the world. The statistics of devastation appear and disappear on the screen, Mobile and still pictures of stranded humans, animals, rescue boats, helicopters, and soldiers appear on the screen.
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All under water. It settles on the signboard with the inscription Ajah Grammar School Abijoh. It rolls back to a building in the vicinity, 6 Benson Close, showing an unhappy girl staring blankly into the flooded street. It is raining heavily. Voice over
There is a sound of thunder, heavy rain and the swooshing sound of flood rushing through the street. I cannot go to school today because of natural and manmade problems. Mother nature loves us but it seems she is cuddling us to death.
2 The camera goes into the house to show the girl, Julie collecting her school bag and putting on her school uniform angrily. It also shows members of her family looking sad and confused as the flood dances around them. The library image shows the family during dry looking happy. It then settles on the girl. Narration
For days now, the rain is not abetting. To be out of school does not benefit anybody, especially as the terminal exam draws

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