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SWEET OLEANDER

Reads 606
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Parts 20
Time 1h 54m

Reads 606
Votes 32
Parts 20
Time 1h 54m

A young lad  and his loved ones  from Cross River, with daring ambitions, seek to overcome obstacles they experience as  Nigerians. Will they?

#1 in project African culture 
#1 in gender inequality 27/7/24
#2 in Calabar 18/4/23
#5 in mother-in-law18/4/23
#1 in Calabar  8/11/23
#3 in instability 23/7/24

Thank you so much for reading this... Please, this is still a WIP, so bear with me.  I edit progressively.
 
Trigger alert: violent scenes and words, matured content.


 Book cover credit: Desygner, thank you for a great book cover.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

     Ifumi is an individual with a very busy mind. Words keep popping up everywhere. They do not observe the   traffic rules🤣. Here is what she does. She brings the overflow of words to prevent a standstill. 
     Her book on nature poems, 'Age of the Sun' is available on Amazon. The link is in her  'About'All Rights Reserved

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