Description
Ijapa’s extreme wickedness to three young brothers, whose lives are in danger, causes a great deal of concern, anxiety and distress to the people of Makadu, where they live.
Jarafe, Jagun and Gbamila have taken over their father’s work at an early age, in three areas, and are doing very well. Highly motivated, the boys like discussing aspects of each other’s work, and their expertise, comparing and contrasting, bantering and vying with each other. Little do they know that the excitement they feel will get them into trouble when, one day, Ijapa overhears them.
The Oba of Makadu hates hearing about other people’s achievements because he is jealous and insecure, and it is a taboo for someone to talk openly about their expertise. Boasting about what one cannot do, especially what nobody has done before is punishable by death.
Ijapa, jealous of the boys’ achievements accuses them of boasting. Knowing very well that they are innocent, he reports them to the Oba who demands that the boys make good their promises, and put them to the test one by one. The boys’ experience – the most incredible, harrowing and bewildering moments of their lives – will have an impact on the Oba.
