Finding Freedom

All his life, Tunde had felt bounded with shackles, longing to taste freedom. Real freedom—to walk down the streets, smiling, with a regular heartbeat. He absconded Nigeria to South Africa to live with Mandla, a man who repairs bicycles for a living, for he heard that South Africans are more welcoming to people of his sexuality. He h...See MoreAll his life, Tunde had felt bounded with shackles, longing to taste freedom. Real freedom—to walk down the streets, smiling, with a regular heartbeat.

He absconded Nigeria to South Africa to live with Mandla, a man who repairs bicycles for a living, for he heard that South Africans are more welcoming to people of his sexuality.

He had no idea how wrong he was.

What's worse? He found himself in South Africa at the worst time possible—a time the Saffas frown heavily upon Nigerians.