Chapter eight

Aderele's story

Before Makunde was born, his pregnant mother went to check his destiny. There she was told that her son, would be the death of her, unless she killed him first. 

 She was so distraught and wanted to kill the baby but he was the only thing she had of her beloved husband who had died after she became pregnant. 

So she gave birth to Makunde and took very good care of him, pamper him so that he would love her. 

Makunde grew to be a great warrior and leader. He took over clans and subjected them to his dictatorship. 

But Makunde was ambitious. All he had was not enough for him. He wanted to be great. He wanted to be powerful. He wanted to be feared by all. 

You see, he stopped the people he conquered from doing anything but work on farms and bring him their harvest. He would take all he could from them and practically enslave them. 

The people had no time to do anything but work, eat the meager meals he gave the