Where we come from, the elders say ‘God is watching everything you do. He knows what you think and what you act.’ I say, sometimes, God needs a little nudge towards comeuppance.

What do I have to tell of my life? Common is a word too true to define it. I’ve made it to no television, no newspaper headline, not even to the front of a classroom. The first and last occasion I’d been the center of attention was at my naming ceremony, and even that, I shared with another.