Oyinade Episode 6: “To Talk, To Eat, And Be Married…”

“So you will be a married man in the next five days?” Obembe said jovially, slapping Oyeleke’s back. “You must have really offended your father!” Akinniyi teased, gulping down the bowl of palm wine a slave girl had just poured out for him. Oyeleke was not amused, he sat down between his friends staring forlornlyContinue reading Oyinade Episode 6: “To Talk, To Eat, And Be Married…”

Oyinade Episode 5: “A Father’s Heart”

“A Father’s Heart.” Oyemakin discovered the slave girl. He had abandoned his bowl of porridge, suddenly aware of the cessation of the rain and anxious to see the king. He saw her head first as he stepped out of his hut and recognized that she had been the one who served his meal. Was sheContinue reading Oyinade Episode 5: “A Father’s Heart”

Oyinade Episode 4: “The Heat of the Game”

It rained heavily for three consecutive days, the clouds remained dark and heavy. No one could go to their farms, and everyone watched from their doors how the rain was slowly becoming a flood. If it rained for one more day, the rain would seep into their houses. The atmosphere in Iluope was tense, IyaContinue reading Oyinade Episode 4: “The Heat of the Game”