Toke Makinwa has
revealed how she watched her mother burn
in a fire accident at the age of eight. She
made this known in her new book
entitled On Becoming.
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Tke Makinwa |
She narrates in the book that a gas explosion ended up
killing her cousins, mum, dad and scaring her one-year old brother.
She writes: "In
movies, you sometimes see a scene with someone burning from head to toe,
screaming and trying to fight the flames. It happened right in front of me.
Everyone ran back trying to figure out who it was and how to put out the
flames, shouting advice from a safe distance.
It took me a moment
to realise that it was mum. I stood glued to the spot, watching her burn."
"I was eight
years old when mum and dad died. And life continued.
"From being a
bubbly, friendly child, I became withdrawn and taciturn. From being the child
who always came first in class, I went to the bottom of the class."
The gist all around town is Toke Makinwa's new
book 'On
Becoming' which is a memoir of her dark love with her
ex-husband Maje Ayida. But, the book also talks about growing up
with a strict and loving parents. Their loss, her rebellion and finding true
love.
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