It was the fifth time they Mama's funeral was being postponed. They couldn't bring her spirit home last year because of the locust and the year before because of small pox. Now the flood was the reason they couldn't complete the funeral rites and Mama's spirit will be left to wander about.
Just two market weeks ago,the rains had started. It was as if the long dry season had beaten out the moisture from the clouds and the rain came down reluctantly as a hesitant drizzle. Everybody complained;Papa, Uncle...