As a child I love to read books. My mother encouraged me by buying me books to read. In school, anytime I picked up a novel, the pleasure is unbelievable. My heroes in those days included James Hadley Chase, Soyinka and Achebe. Later John Grisham, Sydney Sheldon, Ola Rotimi and even Jackie Collins joined the frame. Gradually, I started to write and most importantly i love a fabu (made up stories)or two in my time. I get ideas of books everywhere I go, so gradually I started to put pen to paper.
Bravo, I now have at least 3 books in the making and many more swavering through my head ready to burst out. I am happiest when I am sitting with a pen and a note pad writing incomprehensible crap.
At a time when I encourage young people to seek their dreams and do what they feel most comfortable with, I have decided to do the same. I hope one or two people will read the books and I will learn a great lesson from this exercise. I hope by doing this, I can tell my children that I have managed to achieve one of my life long ambitions.
The Synopsis of the Reunion Party
The book is about a group of friends who met whilst in a boys' only catholic boarding school in Western Nigeria when they were about 11 years old in the 1970?s. Discipline was the order of the day.The seniors (students in the 4th and 5th years in the grammar school) treated the juniors (boys in the 1st and 2nd years) badly. A junior boy who committed suicide in school reappeared as a ghost and decided to help the juniors in asserting revenge against the senior boys. The boys started to attack the unsuspecting seniors in a series of actions. The book tells of a series of events and rituals in the school. The junior boys swore never to ill treat other juniors as they became seniors.
Anthony Nwanko was a hunch back dwarf with big dreams of growing taller and becoming a doctor. Anthony overcame several attempts on his life before the age of ten. As a twin, his parents chose him over his sister in a village when it was a taboo to have twins. He also survived the Nigerian civil war, where he lost his mother.
On their last day in High school, the boys met with a few girls from the local girls' school, in a drunken rage they promised to meet 30 years later for a reunion party at the school. At the reunion party, the boys and girls told many made up 'Fabus'. They told the story of the vigilante, a highly decorated Naval Seal, who after losing her fiancιe to armed robbers decided to hunt down armed bandits in the country, but she later confessed to the killings and was sentenced to death by firing squad, but in a dramatic legal twist she hired a retired Judge to defend her against her colleagues at the supreme court. Other 'Fabus' included the story of a 6 year old girl who campaigned to become the president of the country. There was also a story of a group of fishermen from the Scottish Isles who won the English FA cup after beating the champions in a dramatic final. Another story was about a man born with a silver spoon, went to prison, became rich when he won the 'lottery' with a difference, but there was a condition to his lottery win. They also told a story of a princess from an African dynasty with a secret that shook the kingdom. Another story was that of a couple of pensioners who embarked on new ways of making money in their old age, including one that employed a juju man to help her daughter win tennis matches.
Let me know if the above wets your appetite. I shall be publishing extracts over the next few weeks.
I hope you will enjoy my stories. It has been a pleasure writing them.