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

Sialo could not hide his happiness. His pride superseded the peacock. The kind of beautiful he had made everyone leave behind a positive comment. He had received numerous congratulatory messages from his neighbors and friends. Many were left wondering how a bachelor man could acquire two ladies at the same time. 


Many had known Sialo as a fearful man. He lacked courage to seduce ladies. Leave alone seducing, even approaching a lady was a problem. Many thought that he would not have an opportunity to own a wife. Their views were not baseless. They had known Sialo for a long time and were sure that he could not have a chance to own a family. 


Earlier on, there had been several attempts by Sialo’s mother to marry. The mother’s intervention was met with hostility. Sialo did not want to marry. He was really hardworking and owned wealth and was in a position to take care of a wife comfortably. He just chose to live a single life. 


DOUBLE WIFE INHERITANCE