Adama's First Love

Adama Darboe Has Loved Modu Barrow Since She Was Old Enough To Walk Across The Street Where His Family Compound Is In Their Village Of Jambanjelly Gambia. However That Love Will Be Thwarted Throughout Their Childhood And Youth Becuase Modu'S Family Has Already Chosen His Wife-To-Be At A Very Early Age. And It Isn'T Adama. This Story Brings The Two Young Ones To Commit A Daring Adventure Which Leads Into Lifelong Circumstances. This Story Includes Families With Several Wives Married To The Same Man And Compounds Full Of Children. There Is A Spirit Owl Who Guides Adama Thorugh Her Life. Adama Is Married Off To A Stranger And Her Life Goes On. She Is Moved To Her Husband Mustafa Badgie'S Compound In Another Village A Days Travel From Her Mother And Father Sisters Brothers And Friends. Mustafa Badgie Is Not Happy Being Given No Choice But To Marry This Girl Who He Has Never Met But Is Told By His Parents He Will Marry Her. He Mistreats And Neglects Adama Which Adds To Her Loneliness. Adama Has A Baby In Few Months After She Is Married To Mustafa And Mustafa Is A Proud Father Strutting Through The Village As A Man Who Has Produced A Boy. Mustafa Secretly Joins A Group Of Cattle Rustlers And Earns A Good Living But No On In The Family Or Village Knows What He Is Doing To Have Money Available. A Tradgic Event Changes His Life And He Is Among The Missing. His Life Continues In Another Place As A Different Person. In The Meantime Adama Is In His Family Compound Wondering Where Mustafa Is And Wanting To Take Her Son Back To Her Own Village And Family.