Faith Okeikwue, 48, is a famous carpenter in Mararaba,a suburb of Abuja who has earned the nickname Mama Furniture. She has sponsored her children to university working as a carpenter. For her, carpentry is not just a means of livelihood; it is a love affair from her childhood. As a child, the allure of playing with dolls or with fellow girls never appealed to her as much as that of playing with hammer and nails.

The Last Guardian of Old Father. There was a demon inside him. More than once he stumbled and fell on torn bloodclotted knees. Dust and mud caked his dark naked skin that had long given up its perspiration to the scorching savannah plain. Still he ran on, the rocks shearing his barefoot soles and tearing open the wounds where his toenails had been. 8220;I will show you! 8221; he gasped.

My Pain, My Life, My Struggles, My Fight. Click Here to Read About Me. Letting go, sometimes is the hardest thing to do. Especially when you realize that the person. Over the years you had several doubts. Trying to keep your family together. Letting go means, someone will get hurt. The truth remains the same.

Finally, because it took all of two years to get it. It was released in Nairobi, by Kwani? For this is a writer who knows, and one who knows everything. A novel like this, side by side with the Ugandan novel Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, makes my argument for a shared Afric.