Dear Father
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Dear Father

Father, I have decided to kill myself. I know this is against our religious beliefs, but I am not sure I believe in God anymore. If there is a God, where was He when Adesewa was raped by the band of travelling armed robbers that happened to travel past our village that rainy Thursday night? Where was God when mother contracted pneumonia? Where was He when your crops were fed upon by animals and your barn was raided by thieves?

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Preparations and Reparations
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Preparations and Reparations

It was Friday and Gina was ecstatic that the week was coming to an end. Plus for once she didn’t have to report to work on Saturday. Her ancestors must have been smiling some good luck down at her and it was about damn time that they did…

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Heads Will Roll
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Heads Will Roll

"How did I end up here?" she mused

Life indeed had proved itself the head rolling rollercoaster, the endgame of all rides. Her soiled hands were trembling so much that she was fearing she had lost grip of her sanity…

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