Welcome to this second edition of Nuzo’s Nightmare Pit, and I hope you enjoyed last month’s short story, Bad Meat. The story I’ll be sharing with you this month, is inspired by a real-life experience, although the rest is pure fiction. So, join me as I indulge my passion for story-telling in the old-fashioned and folksy style of open-fireside-full-moon-roast-corn-lazy-nights-and-lazier-clucking-hens childhood magic!
Terrific story, Nuzo. I like how you can write a story set in a rural village one time, and then give us this vapid city girl and her selfish life the next time. Both are equally African, only the time period has changed.
And that curse: "Oh Jesus and my ancestors!" That is SO evocative of modern Africa, hedging one's bets by calling out to the Christian God and the tribal spirits in the same breath! That was my favorite moment.
Terrific story, Nuzo. I like how you can write a story set in a rural village one time, and then give us this vapid city girl and her selfish life the next time. Both are equally African, only the time period has changed.
And that curse: "Oh Jesus and my ancestors!" That is SO evocative of modern Africa, hedging one's bets by calling out to the Christian God and the tribal spirits in the same breath! That was my favorite moment.