Responsible: a poem by Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah is one of my favourite poets.  You only need to listen to him to know why he is one of the greatest black poets that ever lived.

Thread of Gold Beads

Nike Campbell Fatoki’s Thread of Gold Beads is a must read. It is the book of the week.

‘Amelia, daughter of the last independent King of Danhomè, King

Nike Campbell Fatoki

Gbèhanzin, is the apple of her father’s eye, loved beyond measure by her mother, and overprotected by her siblings. She searches for her place within the palace amidst conspirators and traitors to the Kingdom. Just when Amelia begins to feel at home in her role as a Princess, a well-kept secret shatters the perfect life she knows. Someone else within the palace also knows and does everything to bring the secret to light. A struggle between good and evil ensues causing Amelia to leave all that she knows and loves. She must flee Danhomè with her brother, to south-western Nigeria. In a faraway land, she finds the love of a new family and God. The well-kept secret thought to have been dead and buried, resurrects with the flash of a thread of gold beads. Amelia must fight for her life and what is left of her soul. Set during the French-Danhomè war of the late 1890s in Benin Republic and early 1900s in Abeokuta and Lagos, South-Western Nigeria, Thread of Gold Beads is a delicate love story, and coming of age of a young girl. It clearly depicts the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversities’.

 

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It is a book that will definitely get you turning the pages till you get to the end. ‘Thread of Gold Beads’  is available on Amazon and on all major online retailers.