THE ORDEALS

About the Book

Ada-Emilia Valmori was my daughter who died through negligence on the eleventh of June 2011. I stood in the shadow of her life; watched my daughter as she faded away within three weeks. They who controlled the winds, are the ghost makers!  He who threw tissue at the deceased, row the boats; They captained the planes of death! 

Ada-Emilia's blood is a stain all over their palms!  they can try and wash their hands thousands of times daily, their hands would never be cleaned!  my voice may not be as loud as thunder's storms; nor as oceans waves; but no matter how much, they will try to thwart; the voice of my silenced through me would be heard

About the Author

I was born in Nigeria. My father had eleven children, five from my mother, who had three boys and two girls. I am her first daughter and the third child. My father died during the Nigerian Civil War. My mother, on her own, without social security or help from our extended families on both sides, brought us up on her own.

I left school without any higher school certificates, but between 1988 and 1989, I did correspondence courses and I attained four GCSEs. In 1997, I started studying Law with the Open University, but sadly, in my second year, I dropped out because I could no longer fund myself.

Since then, for eleven years, I have studied at the University of Hardships and learned how to write poetry on my own. My favourite poets are: T. S. Elliot, Dylan Thomas, Byron, and I also found it very fascinating to read ‘African Women’s Poetry’.