Ogbanje

The dead newborn babies are no Abiku or Ogbanje

The dead newborn babies are no Abiku or Ogbanje

Mrs. Eberechi Ugo is grief-stricken. Her world seems to have crashed. The reason is obvious! She has had three pregnancies in five years without at least one baby delivered there from surviving. Although, Eberechi, in Igbo, means ‘mercy of God’, sadly, the five-letter-word is far from her.