Awesome Tale from Home

By Nkem Ani

A piece of fiction, written to expose some unacceptable cultural practices perpetrated in some African communities. Our generation is yet to do away with discriminatory actions propagated to debase women and youths. The author, through this book, tries to pass across a vital piece of information to the world, that the world will become a better place, when we do away with practices that have coerced the human race into a state of auto reverse.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 28, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514423493

Nkem Ani

Nkem Ani was born on the 20th day of April 1985 in the city of Enugu, Enugu State of Nigeria. She bagged a National Diploma degree in Food Science and Technology at Our Saviour Institute of Science and Technology Polytechnic Enugu (Osisatech Polytechnic) in the year 2007. Nkem Okereke Ani, who currently resides in New York City, United States, attended Monroe College, United States of America, where she was awarded a Bachelor degree in Public Health. She is blessed with a child.

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Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter One   That Special Girl, Omalicha

Chapter Two   My Word against His

Chapter Three   A Glimpse of the Blessings You Denied Our Kingdom

Chapter Four   My True Source of Strength

Chapter Five   A Glorious End

Dedication

To all women and youth, undervalued and underprivileged, of the world over, who were and continue to be prevented from living their dreams because of a cultural ideology that professes the relegation of youth, women, and the poor to the backseat in the helm of affairs.

FOREWORD

A PIECE OF FICTION, written to expose some unacceptable cultural practices perpetrated in some African communities. Our generation is yet to do away with discriminatory actions propagated to debase women and youths. The author, through this book, tries to pass across a vital piece of information to the world: that the world will become a better place when we do away with practices that have coerced the human race into a state of reversal and growth retardation.

Barrister Chukwunoso Daniel Ogbe

PREFACE

M ANY SCIENTIFIC AND technological innovations we have today are all products of the human imagination. Furthermore, many wrongdoings that have transpired in past times in human society, such as slavery and killing of twins, were all checkmated, pursuant to the dreams nurtured by individuals who were not comfortable with such nefarious practices. This book is an attempt by the author to sell her dream—the type of African society she yearns for—to the world. A dispassionate reading of this book presents a battle between conforming with or confronting these unacceptable practices portrayed in a fictional society, known as Obodo Kingdom, where battle is championed by Lady Omalicha. Whereas, Omalicha’s success in life became feasible primarily because of the wonderful legacy of social justice her father (who was a onetime king of the Obodo Kingdom) left behind before his demise and her mother’s exemplary strength and courage. It is hoped that the ideas sold across the world in this book will help persuade some Africans who still hold tenaciously to discriminatory and retrogressive cultural practices to do away with them. For in so doing, they would have taken that step toward gender and social equality, and reconciliation.

Nkem Ani

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I WOULD LIKE TO thank God Almighty for His grace upon my life and for bestowing me with His strength, wisdom, and inspiration to write this book. Special thanks to my sweet mother, Professor Grace Nnamani, and my precious daughter Destine Okereke. You both mean a lot to me. Mummy, your life ideally epitomizes a true virtuous and modern woman’s. Your motto is Live and let live. Through your acts of loving-kindness, nudging, and tough love (as you call it), I have grown and gained a sense of pride as a woman. Thank you, Destine, my beloved daughter, because your birth brought meaning into my life.

Big thanks to my wonderful siblings Chukwudi Ani, Ngozi Oje, and Elochukwu Amadi for your support. My sincere thanks also goes to my friends Amarachi Ezekiel, Barbara Ogbonna, and Emmanuel Michael for believing in and keying into my pattern of writing.

I also wish to thank my professor of repute, Koudzo Sewodo Komlanvi, and other Monroe College professors who believed in me and who have helped me attain greater heights in the intellectual world.

I say a big thanks to all of you who have supported my journey and encouraged me in one way or another.

CHAPTER ONE

That Special Girl, Omalicha

I AM A SPECIAL creature known as Omalicha, the beautiful one of Obodo Kingdom. I need not praise myself; however, the attributes that I possess make it necessary that you get to know more of me. Without sounding immodest, I am naturally endowed, a fact I so much cherish. I love my brown skin; my intimidating height; my well-rounded buttocks; my plump lips, which are as thick as the lips of an agama lizard; and my lovely eyes that shine like the bright morning star. The manner in which I carry myself, exhibiting the echelon of feminine power, is a reflection of the way in which I cherish my physical makeup.

Nevertheless, my physical makeup counts less to me, as far as I am concerned, than my inner qualities, especially my God-given wisdom, which instill confidence in me that marvels some of our most people. To be honest, I am not the only pretty one in my kingdom. It is obvious that African ladies are beautiful in all shades—women with skin kissed by the sun, women with well-rounded hips to grab onto, women with strong, healthy, kinky hair that doesn’t grow past the shoulder, and women endowed with beauty, a warm heart, and a working brain. These are what make me, Omalicha, unique too.

I know you must be partially bothered at the moment my wits. I am the only child of a great king. I am the pretty princess of Obodo kingdom, approbating and reprobating concurrently! My praising of