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Jaiyesimi Popoola–a young, ambitious, and pregnant young lady from Port Harcourt–yearns to escape from her ham-fisted mother Bako, a stark contrast to her attentive and tender father Kalu. She soon lands on one of countless Nigerian baby farms on her rite of passage for independence, bringing to light egregious family secrets in the process.

April 7, 1994 to July 15, 1994 proved to be a veritable nightmare for 100 harrowing days in Rwanda, so this book precedes the anniversary of a momentous time. Deep-seated enmity between Tutsis and Hutus boiled over, starting from the downing of President Juvénal Habyarimana's plane, and culminating in a vicious slaughter of Tutsis, their sympathizers, and in turn, Hutu perpetrators at the hands of vindictive Tutsis.

Wilder Frank is a successful Jamerican comedian based in Chicago who suffers from an inherited illness. He leads an upright life and is content bringing laughter to the world, until he falls into a side hustle and loses his identity. Will he find himself? This story offers a peek into the fateful human tendency to never have enough.

Earl Caesar is a conscientious school teacher and health enthusiast who loves life and those around him. Things take a sharp U-turn when he comes upon a personal trainer, out of this world, who gets what she wants out of Earl no matter the cost. She is definitely out of touch, but is she alone in her disconnect from reality and what's right? Earl learns a heap more than personal fitness from her and is confronted with drama beyond imagination when Tina Blocker enters his life.

This small collection of short stories of riveting and dark plots dabbles in politics, religion, martial arts, social identity, and various other facets of life like baby farms, revealing what man proves to be when he tries! Titles include "A Cold One", "Lagos Hustle", "Cornbread, Fried Chicken, and Sauerkraut", "Rest in Peace", "Alpine Nightmare", "My Style Is Better Than Yours", "Furqaan", "Turf", and "The Part: The Re-assassination of Abe Lincoln".