Bend Down Select

"Ekemezie, you may be one of the most respected men in this village but to me, you are a fool. Where is the love you promised me? Where is the person who once composed songs for me? You say you love me, ha! You do not know what love is! For your information, I am not spreading my legs for you this night. Go and find one of your other wives. Now get out of here so I can sleep."

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"Ulinwa, sometimes you amuse me. So you do not want to give me Onyeka?! In case you have not realized, I own you! You are my property! I did not pay five cows, ten goats, four hundred tubers of yam and one thousand cowries on your head for nothing. Love? What do you even know about love? Why do you like to call someone that I saw pack and leave this house when she realized that her presence was unwanted . I did not come here for bickering because I am not a woman! What I need now is your complete submission. Now, spread your legs! Tonight is your turn to entertain me."

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'Bend Down Select' tells the story of Ekemezie and Ulinwa. Two hard-headed individuals who fall in love. The former, a man who is prohibited from showing affection to his loved ones due to the cultural definition of masculinity . The later, a woman with a bit of feminism in a community that sees women as quintessences of wealth and submission, who would rather live single for the rest of her life than be tied down by an egocentric cow - her words not mine. Still in forced denial of their love, a third party decides to come in.