CHAPTER 1(FATHER GOES AWAY)
Aku-nna turned the key and pushed open the door of her family’s one-room apartment in Lagos,Nigeria.Aku-nna and her brother Nna-nndo were surprised too see their father at home. Because it was work time,he should be at work.Their mother went on a journey to Ibuza to ask the river goddess to send her a baby.Their father was very sad at this night.And children were trying to understand why.Her father spoke and said he was going to hospital for a check-up. Because he had a painful foot.It is an effect of the war.It was swelling up everytime but their father was very sad this time.Aku-nna made him a hot soup and yams.He ate them.He smiled his children.He said them:”Always remember that you are mine”.He was speaking as he would never return again.Children watched their father going.They began to feel hungry and decided to go in and eat something.