This is a work of fiction inspired by recurring themes in today's news. All characters, names, and events are invented and do not depict real people or organisations. Mr Okeke had been a headmaster for thirty-four years, and in that time, no one had ever asked him to look at the camera. "Look at the little hole, Grandpa," said Zainab, twelve, holding the phone at arm's length like a woman defusing a bomb. "Not at me. Not at the screen. The hole." "Where is the hole?" "There. At the top." "It is very small for something so important." His grandchildren set up the account on a Sunday afternoon, despite his protests and over a plate of puff-puff. They had given him a name, Oga Headmaster , and a promise: "Just talk about your day, Grandpa. People like real life." He did not believe that for a moment. In his experience, real life was a timetable and a register. But he sat in his armchair, adjusted his glasses, an...
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