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

The family of Obulala had just buried their loved one. The pain of losing a loved one was still fresh in their minds. To observe it, the culture provided that they take bitter herbs to remind them of the hard time they are passing through. 


People were dispersing. So far, Daudi and his wife had already left home for work. Others were also gone. Laura remained with her mother for some time. She feared living with her mother being taken care of by strangers. They had workers at home who could comfortably take care of her, but she could not trust them. 


Laura had stayed there for a long time. Her husband, Dr. Adika became impatient. He was now left to pressurize her to come back to her matrimonial home. Adhering to the pressure from her husband, Laura had to leave but determined to relocate with her mother. 


At first, Laura's mother was not willing to relocate. She wanted to stay back at home. Laura eventually convinced her, and she agreed to move with her. 


FAMILY HEALING PROCESS