Mmaeze has been made the new goddess princess, a mortal worshipped as the gods. But she would rather remain a regular princess. She is in love with a common warrior in her father’s army and now their romance is a taboo. Akunne, a powerful witch just broke loose from the watch of the Council of Witch Doctors. Shrine virgins are being molested by priests. Arochukwu fighters are marching up the hill to attack Udi. Farmers are having the poorest harvest in their era. Ifedi, a psychopath is on rampage killing young girls. Her brother, Jidenna is plotting to steal the throne from her father. Obiageli, her best friend is scheming to become the next queen of Udi. An over ambitious Obikwe desperately wants to become the most spiritually powerful person in all the land and in his quest he puts the life of everyone in the kingdom at risk. The people expect the new goddess princess to make everything alright, but she would rather be in Izu’s manly arms, cuddling. The ancient kingdom of Udi never had it this bad, yet it seems their problems had only begun.
Genre: FICTION / Fantasy / EpicSorrows of Udi is currently Africa's best selling epic fantasy novel series. It has been adapted into comics and animation web series. The animated web series has made official selections of several film festivals in Nigria, Italy and United Kingdom.
Episode 1 of the web series can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXpOKbBnq9g&t=226s
Once they got to Abanna’s personal shrine, he placed Akuunne in front of the entrance gently, yet hurriedly. Nneoma held her daughter, held up her face to inspect it. She was still talking. Atuche had left to call the witch doctor from his hut.
“What is the alarm about?” Abanna said grudgingly as he came out of his hut.
“My daughter, Akunne. She talks in her sleep and calling names of dead people.”
Abanna turned and went back into his hut without saying a word.
“Please help me, Nnanyi.”
“Go back and stay with her in the shrine. I will join you.” Abanna raised his voice to say from inside his hut.
Atuche did not go back but waited in front of the hut till the older man came out in his proper witch doctor rigout. All his charmed amulets were complete on his neck, wrists and ankles. A tangible length of spotless white silk fabric was wound round his neck. He then had a red silk skirt that reached up to five inches before his ankles. He left his scrawny chest bare besides the long tiger tooth hanging from the string of his amulet.
Atuche studied the pattern drawn of white shrine chalk on the Dibie’s face. It was something distinct from what he used to see on him or any other Dibie before.
Abanna walked past him, “They are for a unique kind of spirit,” he said to explain the face drawing.
“You think she is possessed by a unique kind of spirit?”
The witch doctor ignored that question and kept walking to the shrine where the girl and her mother were.
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Translated by Welington de Souza Vaz
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Translated by Mariana Cabrera Cardenas
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Author review: Mariana is an excellent translator whom I would be happy to work with on future projects. |
