Farida Bedwai, Ghana "Who Am I?" competition finalist

	Farida Bedwai

Does it mean I should be begging by a traffic light in a wheelchair carrying a baby, whose father took advantage of my vulnerability and left me hanging?

Or perhaps I should be hidden in a room, out of sight as my physical deformity may be seen as a result of a curse on my family.

Alternatively, I could go to all the prayer camps, herbalists and mallams who can perform the 'miracle' and make me whole and normal.

Wednesday's finalist  I think I'll just mutter the serenity prayer as I rise up above my disability and become who I want to be. Wednesday's entry

Naah, doesn't work for me, I think I'll just mutter the serenity prayer as I rise up above my disability and become who I want to be; a doctor, lawyer or perhaps a software developer... hmm, can I penetrate such a male-dominated area in a developing African country?

I don't see why not, so I walk 'funny' - big deal! I don't need to walk to develop software, do I?

I think I'll do that, rise above my physical restrictions and the expectations of my narrow-minded society and become one of the few female software developers in the West African sub-region

Can I? Yes I can and I did. Did you?

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