The Twelfth House

In this evocative historical novel steeped in magical realism and West African mythology, the spirit of an unborn child named Etta compels her father, Bako, to leave his homeland in the Bight of Biafra and endure the horrors of enslavement on a sugarcane plantation in 18th-century Dominica. As Etta, an ogbanje trapped in a cycle of death, fights for the chance to be born, Bako's journey unfolds through bravery and escape, ultimately leading him to a fateful encounter with a Kalinaga woman who will impact their destinies. The narrative explores themes of rebellion and identity as both father and daughter confront their intertwined fates amid the perils of colonization.