Chioma Onyenwe

The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Jawu bears the mark of a warrior king but lives humbly, selling swallows at the local market, saving up for the better future she’s determined to build for herself and her son. The pair reside in the Agbojedo community, a floating slum planted in the lagoon that gives Lagos its name. Just as rumours begin circulating regarding government plans for new developments that would raze their homes, Jawu spies a corrupt politician burying a nest egg of cash. Struck by her good fortune, she takes the money for herself, thinking this might be her way out. Jawu doesn’t know that she is destined for a bigger battle that is yet to come.

I Do Not Come to You by Chance

Kingsley, erudite and impressionable, is struggling to make ends meet. He is fresh out of university with little to no prospects for work in sight. In addition to his mounting financial woes, his father’s health takes a turn for the worse, leaving him as the sole breadwinner for the family. He takes an opportunity with his uncle Boniface, a well known astute businessman and the mastermind behind a successful empire of email scams. As time passes, Kingsley becomes increasingly at odds with the illicit nature of his new job, notwithstanding the relative status and respite it offers him and his family.