CHAPTER 5

Akinwuji was cooking when his friend Onimi arrived to him, he sat beside him on a small chair.

"Good afternoon my friend" Onimi said.

"Afternoon my friend , how are you?"

"Am fine, you are cooking"

"Yes, i want to take something inside am coming" he stood up put the cloth that he was used to cook on the floor.

"Okay" door opened and closed.

"How is my wife?" checking his food.

"She was fine" he answered.

"Thank God for that"

"I want to tell you that am traveling tomorrow"

"Okay" testing the food.

"To bought some children needs"

"I will give you some goods, so you will help me to sell it" blowing air to the fire with his mouth.

"Okay, no problem"

"Come and eat" putting the food inside a plate and shift

back put the food in the middle on the floor and they sat around it.

"Thanks, I want you to look after my wife"

"Ok, she is about to give birth now?"

"Yes, may be today or tomorrow"

"Okay then, no problem"

"Go and pack what you want to give me"

"okay, let me go and pack it, am coming"

"Okay then" he went inside and come out after some minute with the farm product.

"This is it" put it on the floor.

"Okay, am going to prepare for tomorrow"

"Bye my friend" he took the goods on the floor put it in his hand like hand bag and left.

In the following morning Onimi had woke up packed his load and ready to go, his wife was cooking outside; door opened and closed, came out with a tote bag.

"My wife, am going"

"Okay bye" continued with her work, all the children ran out from their rooms.

"Bye papa" Both of them said in chorus and Onimi left.

After some hours that he left, his wife have been feeling some delivering pains all the children moved closed to her; the first child held her hand and looked at her face.

"Mama is about to give birth" the first child said.

"Go and call Oniyi" talking her younger brother.

Oniyi was the name of the woman or any body that used to help them in delivery in their kingdom; he stood up and ran to her house. Some minute after, Oniyi and the boy have arrived met the first born outside looking worried.

"Am here, where she ??

"Inside, come in Oniyi" she said.

"Go and call Akinwuji" talking to her brother.

Oyima was the name of the first born, her and Oniyi entered.

The boy ran to Akinwuji's house with all his power and stopped at the entrance shouting Akinwuji's name.

"Akinwuji !! Akinwuji !! Akinwuji!"

"Who is that?" coming out from his room.

"Is me, the son of your friend"

"Oh, how are you?" Stand at the door.

"Am fine" he answered.

"What happened? I see you"

"My mother is in labour right now, so that is why am here to call you"

"Okay, let go" door closed.

At Onimi's house, Akinwuji and his son met Oyima outside sitting down and they sat beside her.

"Welcome Akinwuji" she greeted

"What is going on now?"

"We have not hear anything from Oniyi"

"Okay let wait, there won't be problem"

"Amen, amen i prayed"

After some minutes Oniyi came out from the house to meet them outside, they stood up and walked closed to her.

"What happened?" Looking at each others.

"Your mother have gave birth to a boy"

"Wow!!! Thank God" Akinwuji said.

"Am so happy" Oyima said.

"Can we go inside now?" Asked by Akinwuji.

"Not yet, we are cleaning up the mother and the child"

"Okay then" Oyima said.

"Congratulation" Oniyi said.

"You are welcome" Akinwuji said.

Oniyi went back to the house to meet the mother and child, all of them are very happy.

"Tomorrow is the naming ceremony" Oyima said.

"Yes" Akinwuji said with happy voice.

In their creature they use to do their naming ceremony the next day after they gave birth be a girl or boy it is a day after.

"And papa was not around now"

"Don't worry I will take care of everything, anything that you will need come to house and pack them"

"Okay, thank you very much"

"I will arrange everything thing ready"

"Now you can come in" said Oniyi standing at the door.

"Okay we are coming" Akinwuji said.

Door opened and closed, all of them sat beside their mother, Akinwuji was standing rest his back at the wall.

"Mama, how is your body?" Oyima said.

"Are you okay?" Akinwuji asked.

"Yes, am fine, very fine" she replied.

"Where is the child?" Oyima asked.

"This is him" the woman replied and gave the child to her.

"Wow, the boy look like his father" Akinwuji said with happy voice.

"Yes, he is very fine"

"My baby, thank God" his mother said.

"I wish papa too should be here"

"He will be back soon" said by Akinwuji.

"Am on my way" Oniyi said.

"Okay, thank you very much" Akinwuji said.

She left, door closed.

"Akinwuji said that he will provide very thing that we will need for the naming ceremony" Oyima said.

"oh! oh!!, thank you Akinwuji"

"you don't need to thanks me"

"Let me go and prepare for tomorrow" Oyima said and she stood up.

"okay, let me too go home and prepare" Akinwuji said. He stood up and followed Oyima.

In the morning, preparation for the naming ceremony had been going on in Onimi's house. Many people were there cooking and doing other things, Oyima was supervising those that were cooking.

"Go to Akinwuji's house tell him that we need pepper and maize" Oyima said talking to a girl.

"Okay, am on my way" she left.

At Akinwuji's house he was dressing ready to left his house when the girl arrived.

"Good Morning here" she said.

"Good Morning" He answered coming out from his room, door opened.

"We need Maize and pepper"

"Maize and pepper?"

"yes" she answered

"Okay, am coming a minute" he went inside to get it and came out after some minutes.

"This is it" gave it to her, she checked it.

"Okay, Bye Akinwuji"

"Tell them that i will be there now"

"Okay, i heard you" she left .

In Onimi's house, Akinwuji have been there and all the people in the kingdom too.

"I think you don't need anything again" said by Akinwuji, sat on the chair given to him by Onimi's son.

"Yes, only the fisherman that we are waiting for" one women said.

"They will be here soon"

"They are here" another woman said.

"Collect the fish and pour it inside that hot water" Oyima said.

"Okay, bring it here" another women said.

They don't used to eat meat in their kingdom, only fish because all of them use to turn to animal, so they will not be able to know their creature from other nature animals and Akinwuji too have been used to their ways.

After finished cooking and everywhere had been arranged; all of them gathered too together, all there elders in the kingdom was there sat on the chair; the mother of the baby sat in the middle and a man stood up greeted everybody.

"Now the next thing to do is to give the child a name" a young man said.

"Okay, where is Akinwuji?" Oyima asked.

"Am here" he stood up.

"Is you that will give the child a name, since that is father was not around" man said.

" I greet you the elders and others" They replied.

"The name of the child is Oladele"

"No!! No!! You can't give my child that name, a name from your creature"

"It his father that gave him that name" he said.

"Is not my husband, he can't named him that name" said with anger.

"The day that he come to my house to sleep when he discover that you are pregnant "

After off the light he face Akinwuji.

"My friend i want to give my unborn baby a name from your creature"

"Why did you want to do that?"

"I just like all those names"

"And your wife will agree to name her child"

"Yes, she will like it and agree with me to name our unborn child"

"Okay, which one do you want, Oladele or Akinwumi or

Ololade or Abidemi"

"I like that Oladele, yes i like it"

"Okay, the name that you don't know the mean" looked at him.

"I know it can be bad name"

"Yes, it is nice name"

"I said now, you can give me bad name"

"So that is how it goes" he said looking at them.

"Do you like to give him that name?" The man asked. "

Okay, no problem" she said.

"The name of the child is Oladele"

"Ah! ah!! Ah !!!ah!!! Uhuru!" People shouted.

They started dancing, drinking and eating, Akinwuji moved closed to the mother collect the child looking at him, Oyima went to meet the woman and Joined them in serving the food. Everybody was so happy, dancing; the singer was there as well singing in their language.

Akinwuji can spoke their language even more than the people from that kingdom;

Onimi's wife entered with Akinwuji and Oyima too followed them, after serving the people she lay the baby on the mat and sat beside him, when Akinwiji and Oyima saw that they had Slept, they left the room to join others outside.