Everything kept on reminding Adeola of her man. His name touched a deep chord in her. Ajumobi’s heavy. familiar voice re-echoed in Adeola’s ears. She saw his face as clearly as the image on a crystal ball. Here was Ajumobi’s hunting dog pushing its warm muzzle against Adeolas legs, hoping for a loving pat. The … Read more
ALL through night and day, past events kept on tugging at Adeola’s mind. Her sleeping room remained still in the late of the night. The hurricane lantern that was hanging on the wall sent out a drab light, now slowly burning away. Chapter 1 – The Lonely Days of Adeola Adeola opened her eyes and … Read more
WOYE was in a very good mood. His grandmother watched him at play, with keen interest, smiling radiantly. Ever restless! Woye would engage himself in a hundred activities all at once, without the slightest trace of fatigue, all through bouncing with youth, energy and vigor. He began kicking an orange football on bare ground and … Read more
YAREMI had had no inkling that she was going to join the league of village widows, sooner than expected. She had always seen the widows from a distance and had always pitied them, wondering how it felt to lose one’s joy. Nothing beyond that. Nothing really intimate had ever transpired between her and the widows. … Read more
THE narrow river road at Kufi upon which the high foliage sprinkled drops of sunlight had been the widows’ road, long before Yaremi ever became a widow. This lonely road sloped right in front of the old St. Andrew’s Church building, through a region of forests hammed with tall palm trees and the giant araba, … Read more