Nkechi goes out for a while and discovers that hotrot has happened while she was away.
Chapter 1 Joy before sorrow
The village of umudike were celebrating their annual dance festival, everyone was smiling, even the suckling babies shined their gum to everyone. The villagers all showed their dance steps to the king,the maidens shake their tiny waists and big buttocks.
Nkechi decided to sneak out so that she can go to the neighbouring village where her lover Charles stayed with his family and friends. She decided to spend her joyful moment with him, playing love, cooking meals etc.
Meanwhile at the village,the village was in chaos because the Whites had sneaked an attacks on the poor villagers during their joyful moment .Using guns to fight knives, using bomb to couter attack gun powder.
The poor villagers had no choice but to seek refuges in their mud houses while the men bkth young and old go out to war,Without any preparations they were beaten.
The women raped and later killed,little children having to experience the death of their famy before they die,the tormented ones begging to die,cos the pain was so unbearable for them to bear.
Unknown to the whites,a villager who happened to be the younger brother of nkechi sneaked out and went to the neighbouring village where nkechi had gone to tell her wat was happening in the village .