STRENGTH
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Last published Sat, Dec 18, 2021
A preacher's kid leaves her religious and eccentric parents to experience life at her PPA- Place of Primary Assignment in another region.
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Noteworthy...
I included some vernacular to spice it up. My beloved pidgin English and Nigerian languages will be used here. I will translate it into English in a bracket beside the word.
I will update my work whenever there are more spicy terms.
Guide: Aboki means friend in the Hausa language.
I dey come means I am coming in Nigerian pidgin
I do finish means I am through or I have finished.
Dey look where you dey goes o girl means watch where you are going, girl.
No vex means do not be angry or do not be offended.
Trigger warning: matured content
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