bush baby

story by Roseline Mgbodichinma Anya Okorie

art by Amarachi Muotoh

 

In this mystic story, a girl in a small town in Eastern Nigeria uncovers a secret about her father while she fights against an arranged marriage. As she navigates an ensuing family feud, her mother becomes very ill. How will she manage her chaotic life while trying to save her mother’s?

 

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About Roseline

Roseline Mgbodichinma is a Nigerian writer, poet and blogger who is passionate about documenting women's stories. She is currently pursuing a law degree and actively freelancing. She is a Contributing fiction editor for barren Magazine, a Nairobi fiction writing workshop (NF2W) scholarship recipient, and a  SprinNG alumna. She won the audience favourite award for the Okada books and union bank campus writing challenge, she is the third prize winner for the PIN food poetry contest. Her work has been published on Isele, Native Skin, Down River Road, Amplify, JFA human rights mag, Blue marble review, Kalahari Review, Indianapolis review, the hellebore and elsewhere. You can reach her on her blog at www.mgbodichi.com where she writes about art, issues and lifestyle. 

About Illino

At Illino, we create African stories that empower, educate and entertain everyone who interacts with them. We push the bounds of language, style and cultural norms in our stories, to translate the multidimensional, multicultural and multigenerational nature of African experiences into stories in English. ‘Bush Baby’ is the first of five monthly short story publications which we have commissioned to do exactly this. We invite you to join our journey by subscribing to our mailing list!