THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
It was the afternoon of the 27th of December 1994 in the house of the Ndubuisis. Mary Ferguson Ndubuisi was celebrating her eleventh year birthday. Many of her class mates from Greensprings School were with her in the courtyard of the house in Victoria Island. The magnificent birthday cake was still on display, yet to be cut. Already, the happy kids were all twisting their bodies to the music coming from the two loud speakers mounted outside. The vibrant lyrics of the Makossa song had turned these children into something else. Some of them had taken to the floor to prove who the best Makossa dancer was. Surprisingly, the usually quiet and shy ones in the classroom were also caught up in the frenzy.
In the living room however, things were quieter. Ngozi had arrived from
