What does ''About Me'' really mean? 
Does it mean I should write a brief true life story about myself?
Or write about my academic qualification(s), profession, achievements...etc?

As for me, be it the latter or the former that truly defines "About Me", I still feel uneasy to share mine fully. If you asked me why, I would respond that there are very few people whom I can entrust with my full who am I; for it has got the potential to embarrass me if misused by unsuspecting folks with misguided intentions. Regarding my academic qualification(s) and profession and achievements and the likes, there's nothing much to offer unfortunately. And yet that is something I could proudly share; for it could give me something to brag about. Despite the concerns I have addressed above, I will share a little.

Name: Ojara Binyamin

Date of birth: April 02 (though 23rd May is recorded on my birth certificate)

Tribe: Acoli (An offshoot of the Luo that migrated from Sudan to Northern Uganda)

Home district: Lamwo, Northern Uganda

District of residence: Kitgum, Northern Uganda

Mother's name: Akello Santa (deceased)

Father's name: John Wilfred (retired primary school teacher; currently seeking enlightenment)

Siblings: Ogenga Patrick (murdered in cold blood in 2012), Okello Julius Caesar (My follower. We were separated from childhood; his state and whereabouts not known to me), Ayaa Robbina (Julius' follower. Currently a cassava vendor in Kitgum town)

Wars Fought: Fought for Joseph Kony, and later against him when he kidnapped my brother Patrick (RIP) and nephews Amos (RIP) and Christopher; fought Al-Shabab and sustained a severe spinal cord injury at c7 level; wanted to hunt down terrorists with the help of my nephew Christopher, but I had become of little help and needed to be helped more. So he left Iraq to come back and support me.

Hobbies: Loving more, especially when there is indifference; trying to do more, even when I don't feel like...etc


Love, Ben
  • Kitgum, Northern Uganda
  • JoinedOctober 1, 2012


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