SONGSOPTOK: It seems that fear is the most important
primal instinct in the animal world. The two main manifestations of fear in the
human society is centered around two entities: God(s) and Demons. We somehow
learn to fear ghosts and spirits at a very early age and remain marked by that
fear later in life. What is your personal experience? When did you start
fearing ghosts and for what reasons?
MICHAEL SEUNOLUWA: I
can’t be specific but the scary traditional movies have encourage the fear in
me. i was very young though i encourage myself but nevertheless it’s always a
subconscious thought.
SONGSOPTOK: Very often adults try to control the
tantrums of children by threatening them with ghosts and spirits. Do you
remember any such incident when you were very young? In your opinion, do such
methods have a permanently negative effect on children? In what way?
MICHAEL
SEUNOLUWA: I remembered, we call it OJUJU CALABAR in my place and i
wrote a poem about that. i apply it to kids to but the funniest thing is that
they become master of this fear and scare you back with i did not have any
negative effect on me.
SONGSOPTOK: Not only do we frighten
children with ghosts, we often entertain them with ghost stories. When children
learn to read, grown-ups often try to incite them to get into the habit of
reading by buying ghost stories. What do you think of this practice?
MICHAEL
SEUNOLUWA: I think it gives
power to the name “ghost” in our thinking which should not be. so i do not take
it as a right practice
SONGSOPTOK: Adolescence is normally
the period when we start asking questions about different things. Did you start
asking questions about the existence of ghosts? Will you share the details with
us?
MICHAEL
SEUNOLUWA: Yes and sometimes, adult will naturally tell you some.
SONGSOPTOK: A lot of people claim to
have direct experience of ghosts or other inexplicable phenomena. Do you have
any such experience to share with us? Or experiences of people you know?
MICHAEL
SEUNOLUWA: There’s a
story a woman who wakes up by the first of a rooster because it always means
early morning like few minutes to three and they prepare for market for 4 a.m.
this time, the crow was earlier, so she went out and saw a man on her way. the
man spoke to her and dissappeared.
SONGSOPTOK: It is true that most of
us like reading or watching films about ghosts, spirits or mysterious
phenomena. Do you enjoy these things too? Can you think of a specific story or
a film that really thrilled you? Do you have any favorite writers of this
genre?
MICHAEL
SEUNOLUWA: yes
SONGSOPTOK: We find it difficult to
accept that nothing remains after death, which often leads us to imagine the
supernatural. We are naturally attracted to what lies beyond the known everyday
world. What is your opinion about this? Do you think that everything ends with
death? Or is it because since we don’t really know that we oscillate between
belief and doubt?
MICHAEL
SEUNOLUWA: everything begins
with death. it’s not a belief, it;s what those who don’t belief naturally
ignore.
SONGSOPTOK: Almost all societies
believe that the entities that exists in the realms that are beyond our
understanding and our sensory perceptions possess an immense amount of power.
But the capacity of humans is limited. So why does humans believe that the
souls of the dead are immensely powerful? What, according to you, is the reason
for this?
MICHAEL
SEUNOLUWA: To think they are powerful is the inability of
humans to see the supernatural ability God has endowed in us. the ghosts are
scared of us, the demons are scared, because they are of humans knowing
the supernatural ability. so their activities is to disrupt through
informations through human agent.
SONGSOPTOK: As we grow more and more
dependent on science and technology, it is possible that our belief in the
supernatural will grow weaker with time. In that sense ghosts and other
entities are likely to have a very dark future indeed. But wouldn’t that
deprive us of a whole range of feelings and emotions? Wouldn’t we become poorer
in our sensations? What is your opinion?
MICHAEL
SEUNOLUWA: The truth about
science and technology is that it depicts the existence of God Almighty. so it
doesn’t die
MICHAEL SEUNOLUWA: Teaches in an elementary
school. Hew rite s poems. He has written lots of wonderful songs lyrics and likes
to sing some and also sell some.
We sincerely thank you for your time and
hope we shall have your continued support.
Aparajita
Sen
(EDITOR)
Songsoptok
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