The Travails of Omotejomo

Every girl born into an African family has a story to tell; they are mostly stories of their unequal status resulting in discrimination, marginalization or exclusion.  The Travails of Omotejomo presents the harrowing experiences of a Nigerian girl born into a family that would have preferred a boy, having previously had three girls in a row. Her life is inundated with all manners of demotivation, deprivation and Gender-Based Violence, all traceable to the invisible power of discriminatory social norms in Africa’s patriarchal society. She survives, not without the consequences of mistakes attributable to youthful exuberance. She is rescued by a combination of her dogged determination, destiny helpers and the God factor. The story evokes all kinds of emotions, sorrows, pain, laughter, and joy with salient life hacks for the young and old, whether they are female or male. You are likely to see yourself or someone you know in this story.