Ijeoma Onyemesili

When the Hearts of Men are Decadently Wicked Ijeoma Onyemesili

This fiction novel, WHEN THE HEARTS OF MEN ARE DECADENTLY WICKED, is based on a true-life story that exposed the evil side of the practice of polygamy in Nigeria. After their father went into polygamy, all the hatred he had for their mum Rose, were transferred to her children to the extent that their father Michael teamed up with his evil new wife Nkonta, to get rid of Rose and her children. They both would not stop at anything to make sure that Rose and her generation were wiped off from the face of the earth by visiting so many witch doctors and also paying a lot of them for fortification. They did not stop their ferocious attacks on poor Jane. They took Jane's pictures, along with the rest of her family, to another strong witch doctor in their village for evil and disaster. They also paid him to do some enchantment on one of Rose's favourite palm trees, which used to produce vast quantities of fruits, so that no seeds would be harvested again from this tree. He was also paid to make sure that any new leaf that sprouted would be cut off, as this tree was designated by the witch doctor to portray Rose and her kids. They paid the witch doctor so that he would be calling their names every day for the whole year, for evil to come to them so that whatever they were doing in any part of the world, they would not prosper at all.