Impossible Task: Feel. Speak. Forgive.

by Olusegun Ogundeji

Yerima lost her four-month old baby for disapproving a love escapade between her younger sister and her lover. Now, fifteen years after, she stands side by side with her late sister’s lover who had hacked the baby during the country’s decade-long civil war. Katanga justifies his actions and seeks forgiveness publicly during a squaring off session.

A lovely African story that recounts a bold test of forgiveness in a totally different traditional concept of reconciliation.

“This is a great story of moral relativity and the degrees of guilt in us all. It also emphasizes the African village setting, and the author aptly compares the hands-on village justice system with the Western distancing system of prosecutor vs. defendant's lawyer…” Palache (YouWriteOn)

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 6, 2015