![]() That night he attempted to harass Baby T sexually. During Maa Tsuru’s stay in the hospital, Kpakpo stayed alone with the children. Tsuru became pregnant for Kpakpo and had a premature labour after two months and the child died because it is matured. Kpakpo joins Maa Tsuru in the same house with her children after deceiving her that he works in the factory. When her two boys turned ten, they took to the street to fend for themselves and the family as well. While he was gone, Maa Tsuru gave birth to Fofo. Once again his mother deceived into abandoning Maa Tsuru and her children. He gets her pregnant for the fourth time. Sometime later, Kwei came back to Maa Tsuru after enticing her with a little gift. Kwei beats Maa Tsuru up believing that she will have a miscarriage. Kwei’s mother and the second wife connive and lied against Tsuru. He abandons his family to marry another woman. While the child is still crawling, Tsuru gets pregnant. Soon after, she welcomed their second son happily. Under this condition, Maa Tsuru gave birth to their first. In a hard family condition, Kwei went to steal in a building construction site in Accra and received the beating of his life. But, Kwei ignored his mother and went on with the marriage. When Kwei wanted to marry Tsuru, his mother refused because she believes that Tsuru is cursed. Maa Tsuru’s mother died during child birth and cursed her husband and his generations to come, that they will know no peace. This part of the novel shows the events that led to the conflicts that evolved in the book. Later she was found dead inside the room with head split open on the floor. It took Poison to beat her into going into the room with Onko. Having remembered what Onko did her early, Baby T refused service Onko sexually. Kpakpo helped Onko to reach out to Baby T again and Poison to Onko Maami Brooni’s brothel where Baby T works. In order to resolve the problem, he is to bring some sacrificial items which includes Baby T’s pubic hair. He consulted a witch doctor he explained to him his business is suffering setback because he defile Baby T who is a cursed child. Onko’s business having being suffering major losses. They gave her earnings to Maa Tsuru her mother so that she can turn a blind eye to the mischief. Kpakpo connived with a prostitution ring ran by Madam Abidjan, Maami Brooni and Poison( a street lord and ring leader) to use Baby T as a prostitute in a brothel. Maa Tsuru’s second lover, Kpakpo, abused Baby T, and Onko who stays in the same compound with them also joined in defiling her as she tried to confide with him. Their father left their mother with the superstitious belief that she, Maa Tsuru is cursed from birth. The circumstances surrounding Baby T’s death was revealed through two main sources: Fofo and investigations by MUTE.īaby T, in the novel, is Maa Tsuru’s third child and Fofo is the fourth. Fofo is to stay with them as they investigate Baby T’s murder case. They took Fofo into their custody to protect her from harm. However, MUTE took interested in the murder case. This is a trick to conceal Baby T’s real identity and discourage any enquiry over the circumstances surrounding her death and then hide her killer. On a contrary, a lot of people have been made to believe that the dead body is that of kayayoo (a market porter from the north). Later she revealed herself to Kabria and told her that the dead body she was staring at is her (Fofo’s) sister, Baby T. When the angry mob pounced her, Kabria rescued her. Kabria was in the crowd looking at Baby T’s dead body when Fofo who dressed like a boy tried to snatch her purse from her. Despite living in a decent neighbourhood, she drives an old quaked car nicknamed creamy, and works with MUTE which is non-governmental organisation. She is a mother of three – Obea, Essie and Ottu. Kabria and her family live a different life from that of those who reside in Sodom and Gomorrah. Hence, she urged Fofo to run to a safer place. Maa Tsuru, Fofo’s mother, tells Fofo that her elder sister, Baby T is dead and Poison had threatened her to keep quiet over Baby T’s death. She explained her ordeal to Odarley and told her that she will see her mother whom she believed had some connections with Poison. She resisted him and ran to her best friend, Odarley, who lives in a rented wooden shack. Her sleep was interrupted by a street lord named Poison who came to rape her. Just as other street children, she does dream of living in a home with a roof and a toilet. When she is not working, she keeps herself occupied with watching adult movies and taking alcohol. The market is close to a slum known as Sodom and Gomorrah. She has a job at the vegetable market in Agbogbloshie where she washes carrots. As the novel opens, fourteen year old Fofo is seen sleeping on an old cardboard at Agbogbloshie market. ![]()
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