Broken Dreams

<p>Amid the smouldering tension of impending civil war Pete Ogwu and his wife Teresa are forced to flee their home in western Nigeria leaving behind a baby son and their housemaid. Adopted by Madam Cash Femi grows up to be an idealistic socialist writer convinced that he is destined for greatness. Bimbo the result of a fetish union between Ogwu and a local madwoman endures domestic brutality and prostitution eventually seeking solace and redemption in a local religious group. Ogwu by now a famous televangelist and founder of the fastest-growing Pentecostal church in Nigeria wants to help but ends up being involved. Set against a backdrop of religious fervour the intertwined lives of these family members are inexorably drawn to a shocking conclusion.</p>