“I don’t understand,” said Florence to Philomena. “I said I can’t borrow Sewa fifty naira.” “You can’t borrow her fifty naira?” They were in the latter’s store and had just discussed her plan to attend the governor’s wife’s birthday party in the latest brocade.
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When Babatunde returned from the sawmill and saw the queue waiting outside their door to buy his wife’s food, he smiled. He greeted the people warmly, and went inside the house to find Sewa sweating profusely in the kitchen. “My wife the caterer!” “My husband the carpenter!” They laughed and embraced each other the wayContinue reading Abowu District Episode 20
Toye stared at Afonja with suspicion, wondering why the man suddenly wanted to be cooperative. He didn’t see any weapon in his hands or detect a menacing aura about him, still he had to be certain that this wasn’t a trap. “If you have anything to say, why didn’t you just come to the station?Continue reading Abowu District Episode 19
Mama and Baba Abegunde sat outside their mud house, enjoying the cool breeze, their stomachs full from stretchy pounded yam and flavourful egusi soup. It really should have been a pleasant morning, but they were both worried about their son, Toye. The matriarch had given an unexaggerated account of all that had happened in AbowuContinue reading Abowu District Episode 17
Babatunde waited for Sewa to return from the children’s room after she had put them to bed, before he began to tell her what was on his mind. “There’s another opportunity to cater for the Ministry of Agriculture. I overheard someone talking about it at the local government and went to ask her what itContinue reading Abowu District Episode 15
Sewa and her neighbour, Simbi sat side by side in the small overcrowded hall. There were about a hundred women listening to the matronly woman who was holding a small pamphlet. Behind her, three other women and a man sat fanning themselves with hand fans made out of raffia. They looked disinterested and irritable, theContinue reading Abowu District Episode 12