Black swan. Did you know that Europeans used to believe all swans were white until 1697 when Dutch explorers discovered black swans in Australia?
Did you also know that
β They usually pair for life?
β They also divorce, if they are unable to reproduce
β The female can also divorce if she finds a better male
β Their females sometimes cheat. Research shows that about 15% of their babies (cygnets) do not belong to the social father. Paternity fraud π€₯
I swear, it was like a horror movie. The betrayals were extreme. The one that shook me most was Ifeajuna and Maimalari.
Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna served as the Brigade Major to Brigadier Maimalari and was in charge of his security details. As his trusted "boy," Maimalari tasked Ifeajuna with his wedding dinner planning and logistics. Ifeajuna meticulously planned the wedding dinner party and hotel accommodations for Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari. Few hours after the wedding, Ifeajuna shot the same man whose wedding he had helped plan.
You know what's funny? Maimalari had managed to escape the initial attack on his home on foot. While fleeing, he encountered a vehicle driven by Ifeajuna. Thinking Ifeajuna was coming to his rescue, Maimalari waved the car down. It was when he moved close and saw Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa in the car that he realized the fear that he had just walked to his own death. Ifeajuna shot and killed him. α»mα»! It shook me.
Even though I read about it during my teenage years (& witnessed the twilight of military in Nigeria), I recently started reading about military politics/history again and it's fascinating, if sad.
Max Siollun's books are the most independent, largely unbiased books on the subject.
If you want to get into romance novels, these are a few I think you should start with.
1. Faceless by Amma Darko
2. Stay with me by Ayobami Adebayo
3. Adanna by Adesuwa Oβman
4. The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe
5. A Thousand Splendid Suns
6. Tomorrow I Become a Woman