My Mother Abandoned Me, But Chose to Raise My Brother

My Mother Abandoned Me, But Chose to Raise My Brother

Tell me about your mum. My mother is a complex person. I don’t remember much about her because she left when I was very young. My starkest memory of her is the long trip we took from Warri to my father’s village in Edo. She left me at my grandmother’s doorstep and said she’d be back soon. I was only 6 or 7 years old, but I remember feeling anxious. Something in me just knew she wasn’t coming back. I tried to follow her, but she hopped on a bike …