But some souls drink less of the water of oblivion than others. They retain a memory that no longer belongs to them, a mourning for a life they have not yet lost.
Tunde was one of those souls.
Publiée le 06 avril 2026
Ancestors never truly die. They wait. They sleep in the wood of the masks, in the red cloth of the Egungun, in the shells sewn by forgotten hands.
It is said that wearing the mask is to make room for the spirit. But it is also said that the spirit only comes if something within us calls it. A hunger. A shadow. A part of ourselves that we refuse to name. Ade was about to discover what an inheritance truly conceals.
Publiée le 14 avril 2026
There are sins that don't die with those who commit them. They run in the blood. They are passed down like an inheritance. They build fortunes and entire lives on foundations of ashes.
The Osun River sees everything. It holds the memories that men want to forget. It knows that some questions have no answer—only prices to pay.
Moremi was about to learn that purging the past sometimes means destroying oneself.
Publiée le 20 avril 2026