“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.”
Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious’s house with his many wives and children
In one story, a conscience takes it upon itself to keep prodding its principal until she tells the truth about the paternity of her four children.
In possession of stolen lucre, Brume Lauva takes a big step and decides to run away from a life he has known for more than a decade;
Julie and Nwabulu – two women who have been abducted – decide to tell each other their stories ‘to pass the time’, while they wait to be ransomed by their loved ones.
This collection is set primarily within Nigeria, and the stories here cover varied social themes including spousal abuse, religious dogma, love, bravery, betrayal and vengeance.
On her deathbed, Leona seeks forgiveness by confessional. Dastardly as the sin is, it is an act of love, loyalty, disobedience, and perceived fairness.
Umuahia, Nigeria. Chinonso, a young poultry farmer, sees a woman attempting to jump to her death from a highway bridge.
On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by the deadly terrorist group Boko Haram.
Fifty-seven of them escaped over the next few months, but most were never heard from again.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are welcoming Spain’s Kind Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, who are visiting Japan as state guests, at the Imperial Palace, with Crown Prince Naruhito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also attending a related event there
Indigo is a collection of short stories.
The arrival of a second wife causes a woman to reassess her marriage… Another faces up to tough choices in the wake of a military coup…
