Summary

Chapter 43 begins with the news that Buhari has won the election, and Big Madam mourns the news as Kofi celebrates this moment of change for Nigeria. It being a Sunday in April, Big Daddy and Big Madam bring Adunni to church for a special Women in Business Thanksgiving service. Adunni is amazed by the glam fashion and happy energy of their church compared to her own in Ikati, a building with only a roof, a bench, and drums for music, with people acting and singing like they are in mourning.

Since the housemaids aren’t allowed in the upper-class church area, Adunni is brought by an usher to a worn-down church building close by, where five girls her age sit, wearing dirty dresses and looking afraid and lost. Adunni recognizes herself in them and tries to greet them but is met only with empty...