![]() ![]() Into the streets, where she is raped by Onko, who took advantage of theĪttempted rape on her by her stepfather Kpakpo who is now on the run.īaby T was murdered for money rituals by Onko who The care of Maami Broni, an erstwhile prostitute, who ends up sending Baby T The revelation of the murder of her Elder Sister Baby. Situation than she had envisaged, as he finds out that she has inherited the same curse that is affecting her mother, she also gets to find out about the disappearance of her stepfather Nii Kpakpo, the horrific tales continuous to Upon arriving Home, Fofo, meets an even worst Of these Fofo has just escaped from being rapedīy Poison, she goes home in the company of her friend Ordarly to seek motherlyĪdvice and to also find out the reason why she is being targeted by Poison and On the streets of Sodom and Gomorrah,Ĭontrolled by notorious touts, Macho, Poison, and their cohorts, they take turnsĪt abusing and molesting young girls on the streets, and also extorting cashįrom them as the case may be. Made to live on the street, due to the fact that her mother could not afford toĬater to her and her other siblings. House and also Nii Kpakpo send’s Baby T into prostitution from which proceedsįrom the illicit trade is used to fend for the upkeep of the family.Īt the heart of the crisis in the novel, is the plight of Maa Tsuru’s Second Daughter who is just fourteen years old, and is These episodes send Maa Tsuru’s two sons out of the Her misery, he fathers more children with her and also attempts to takeĪdvantage of her young innocent daughter Baby T, who he attempted to rape, onlyĭeterred by the fact that she is a virgin. He only comes into Maa Tsuru’s life to further increase Persuasive lip, with which he is able to lure Maa Tsuru into accepting to takeĬare of him, after he has stated that he works with a construction company that Her ordeal only became worse in the hands of Nii Kpakpo, her supposed She believes that the curse on her makes her unattractive and incapable ofįinding a man to love her which is why she settles for any man that comes her Which makes her vulnerable and at the mercy of any man that comes her way, as ![]() How to cater for her family, she craves for acceptance from the male folks ![]() Which he eventually did at a point which heįelt the need, only to later abandon the family for fear of been afflicted by a Kwei, embarks on a journey to an undisclosed destination, living behind hisįour children, under the care of Maa Tsuru, without any provision, except for Her travails begin the moment her first husband, Irresponsibility, each took their turns at her and her family. Maa Tsuru isīeen married twice to both Nii Kpako and Kwei, both men who embody It tells the story of a household that emergedįrom one of the street Urchins, now saddled with the responsibility of raisingĬhildren whose fathers have absconded from their responsibilities. The mercy of the forces of neglect and street oppression. It amplifies the helplessness of the street child who is at The central focus of the novel is the plight of Names and dispositions are but a symbolic representation of societal ills. Social, political, and moral decadence as personified in the characters, whose The novel faceless is an African novel of GhanaianĮxtraction, which is fictionally set in the city of Sodom and Gomorrah, anĪllusion of the biblical city of Sodom and Gomorrah, which are replete with ![]()
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