by Edward Chao
Draft #2
This picture in which I am standing portrays the crisis of Zone 10, the very land where we lived which was bought and developed. The developers visited each and everyone living around our neighborhood. They informed us of the land and how it has been bought to build a Shell petrol station. People were asked to move from the land. They were astonished and felt hopeless. Before then, many people were moving from far away to settle at our neighborhood. There were shops and houses and families here. But after this news, buildings and shops were brought down without warning. Now each and everyone was moving towards the bushy area to settle at anywhere they found safety to live. With the money from selling my book, my grandmother and I were lucky to move to Ashale Botwe near St. Peter's School, where we are living now. Now, the present Zone-ten is cleared and ready for building. The developers have constructed a foundation and are about to set up a structure. That's the Shell petrol station. In fact, the way some people suffered, especially those with no choice, was very miserable.
"I am the only one who saw" is a collection of Eddie's photos and essays taken from 2004-2006 that documents life in the community Eddie writes about above.
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