SCALES OF MADIBENI
When the wrath of justice pounces not even corporate demigods can halt its whip.
When the wrath of justice pounces not even corporate demigods can halt its whip.
Like the “root of all evil,” it started with money. Their relationship was a taboo. Inara Mwansa was an aspiring writer, and a university student. Her parents had moved heaven and earth to make sure that she enrolled in the best university in the country. A simple errand had led her to cross paths with […]
When the baron’s bite grows too fierce, the citizens’ tears forge their own chosen weapons.
When the scales of justice tip under the weight of the powerful few, true equity rises only through the collective will of the just.
In the heart of Africa, a young widow’s struggle begins. Tabitha’s life is forever changed when her husband passes away, leaving her to face the harsh realities of cultural traditions and expectations. As she navigates the complex web of customs and obligations, she finds herself burdened by the weight of her in-laws’ demands. Forced to […]
Orphaned Mabula is beaten, starved, and fed from a dog’s pot by her aunt Meble. Betrayed by her cousins. But when school director Mr. Sinyangwe and his wife refuse to look away, rescue turns into war. Meble’s mother Pauline ‘FEMALE COMMANDO’ fights with bribes, threats, and forged evidence. The courtroom becomes a battlefield. Justice answers. […]
In the shadow of the British Empire’s ambition, a forbidden love quietly defies the tide of history. Will Fred, son of the Empire’s most celebrated explorer, arrives in the kingdom of Zambia with one purpose; to advance British dominion. Instead, he falls for Bwalya Daka, a beautiful African woman whose father, the wise and irreverent […]
Mufwalo Sialyoobo has spent seven years scrubbing floors on a farm in Kaindu, swallowing every “yes, sir” like ash. Inside him, a war rages between the humble servant he was raised to be and the proud, furious man who refuses to be erased. Farida Singh has everything a woman in Mumbwa is supposed to want: […]
The gods did not arrive. They were assembled out of fear. A mother’s fear at a riverbank becomes Munya. A chief’s story about an angry flood becomes Nyambe. A lonely boy’s mask becomes Nyau. An old woman’s terror of being forgotten becomes Chitundu. Each believes the power is theirs. For centuries they reign, crowning kings, […]