My Village
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This is a short story.It talks about a young princess by the name Olajumoke from Ife town in Nigeria.Her father was the royal Ooni of Ife.As a princess,she was governed by certain rules and regulations according to the Yoruba traditions.This prevented her from marrying her lover,Joba,who was an ordinary country man as well as a social outcast.
Jomoke was punished several times because of the relationship until her father banished Joba from the village. She slept with him on the eve of the exile which was an abomination and she was executed.
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