The principal character in the book, "Fortune favors the bold", is a polygamous, heartless African man, although socially respected and perceived as cursed as a result of an unexpected bad turn on events.

The protagonist, Asweda, faces severe physical injuries while looking for a mid-wife to assist his wife to deliver. He becomes an embarrassment to society when his wife gives birth to a male child who turns out to be a product of infidelity. He struggles to cover up the shame and, in the process, breaks the laid down society norms, an act which angered the ancestors, marking the onset and manifestation of a curse in his life. His family is very affected by drought, hunger and famine. He struggles to sire a male child.

Asweda, being a romantic man, marries up to four wives, one of whom comes out to be a night runner and a magician.

On a migration mission, Asweda losses all his wealth to thieves, his gardener is killed, and his child becomes critically sick. He heartlessly butchered one of the thieves on a defense mission. Asweda makes a hard decision to bury his gardener in a strange foreign bush land and later haunts him and demands to be buried in ancestral land.

Asweda ignores the cleansing ceremony which comes along with serious consequences. The now poor African man plots rustling exercise in an attempt to gain wealth, killing an 'Oromo' man, in the process running away with a large, s number of cattle. The Oromo men attacked him on a revenge mission, chopping off his leg and throwing him in a cave where he spent quite some time eating rats for survival.

The African polygamous man later reunites with the family only to find all his wives already inherited. He struggled to own back his wives. Asweda sires a son at his old age. Twelve years later, he blesses his son Obulala and then dies partially satisfied. His brother Ocholi also dies mysteriously. Betrayal, cunningness wealth and poverty manifest in Asweda's lineage.

FORTUNE FAVOUR THE BOLD

Dr. Adika, wearing a vest and-inner wear lied on his comfort bed trying to recover from the past activities. The daily temperature was gaining momentum. He was forced to remove his vest to feel comfortable amid the increasing temperatures. Now, his thick hairy chest was exposed. 


Adika felt lonely. He took his phone to confirm the exact time of the day. It was almost noon, and he had not taken anything. He was now feeling hungry and had to find something to eat. Considering his lazy nature, he could not cook on his own. He thought of asking Doraya to come and cook for him but found it very tempting. He did not want Doraya to know his exact place of residence as this could bring him more trouble. 


He woke up, took a short-sleeved shirt and carefully wore it. He then went ahead and took black trousers and quickly wore them. Slowly he walked to the guest room and sat close to the main door. He stretched up for some time before he went to a restaurant to get some ready-packed food. 


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