PART TWO: THE BIRTH (1985) Owerri Imo State, Nigeria CHAPTER SIXThe long queue of cars made Juliet Nwankwo wonder if she was ever going to reach her destination. The taxi she had boarded had come to a halt for the past thirty minutes along Douglas Road, a big lorry had broken down somewhere ahead of them and the little space that was left for cars to ply had been blocked by impatient drivers. All the streets seemed filled with only taxies as their yellow and white color decorated everywhere. There was so much noise coming from the car horns that Juliet felt like her ear was going to explode and the drivers added more to the noise by yelling at each other. The taxi driver transporting Juliet and four other passengers did not help matters. The volume of his radio was at its peak, he seemed t
