Dear Obajimi: A Short Story
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On a warm July morning in 1998, a man leaves for work ... and never returns.
After the mysterious disappearance of her husband, a woman writes a series of letters in a desperate attempt to make sense of the calamity of a missing spouse.
These letters, set in 1990s Nigeria, provide insight into the life the couple lived before the man’s disappearance and the hurricane of changes that occur while the Police investigate.
By the last letter, will she discover what happened to her husband?
Sharon Abimbola Salu
Sharon Abimbola Salu is the author of A Goat Called Curry. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, she now lives in the United States of America. Visit her online at SharonSalu.com.
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Dear Obajimi - Sharon Abimbola Salu
DEAR OBAJIMI
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A Short Story
Sharon Abimbola Salu
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ISBN: 9781508075554
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LETTER 1: One of Many
LETTER 2: Dare to Hope
LETTER 3: Don’t Give Up
LETTER 4: Forgiveness
LETTER 5: Changes
LETTER 6: Family Meetings
LETTER 7: A New Chapter
DEAR MORENIKE
THANK YOU FOR READING
THE DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET
About the Author
Other Stories by Sharon Abimbola Salu
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LETTER 1
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ONE OF MANY
Our Home
Somewhere in Lagos
August 1, 1998
Dear Obajimi,
Nobody hides letters in the kitchen. Except me. An old Bournvita tin will hold all my letters, far from the garri and rice, even farther from prying eyes. You will read them one day, I’m sure of it. I wonder if you see the connection: the tin was once filled with brown sweetness, desired by many. The sweetness is gone; now, it keeps secrets. Like this house, once full of love, joy and laughter. They all left with you, Jimi. Our home now holds memories alone.
Remember that conversation we had the night you bought me suya? NEPA had been especially kind to us and you forgot a bottle of Schweppes in the freezer. It had lain there, undisturbed, for two whole days, two days of uninterrupted power supply.
It was when I went in search of something cold to drink that I discovered the shattered remains of your Schweppes. The bottle had exploded in the freezer.
I told you about it, and you laughed it off. From nowhere, the conversation jumped to Yaba Left. You said you were convinced that there were many people in the psych ward at Yaba Left who simply exploded because they kept too much bottled up inside.