BABATUNDE’- Based on the Yoruba rebirth belief.
In Africa, especially the part where I hail from, reincarnation is a belief which has a strong foundation in the heart of the people and my experience thus far seems to be somewhat exciting but worrying. It was the 28th of Decembe r 1994; he could remember vividly. Little Yemi heard her mother’s sobbing voice quivering over the phone as she put several calls across to family members all over the town about the demise of Grandpa. “He was still hearty yesterday,” he heard her said to another relative “but it got worse in the evening when he had a heart attack; it was his third for the week, but the doctor reported him as BID when we got to the hospital where his remains lay as I speak.” Little Yemi never understood the word ’BID’, but when he found the dictionary meaning, he felt bad. While standing behind the door eavesdropping, he remembered how Grandpa would stay up on Friday nights to watch late night movie with him until he falls asleep and the next morning, he wo...

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