Continued from Pt. I “The most important is that she lived well, and died fulfilled. And she’s in heaven. She served God to the very end,” Ajadi murmured. “And she died peacefully.” “How did she die?” Ajoke said. Her eyes were clear, but she wailed within. “In her sleep, on her knees. We believe she …

The village would always be a village to Ajoke, whose memory could recollect every nook and cranny of the deserted street where she’d grown up without second thoughts. Coming back home had never been easy over the years, but now it was almost impossible to move her legs as the jalopy bus dropped her and …