Jael Mudiaga

Igbe Jael Mudiaga

If Juanita had known about the diabolic troubles she'd encounter upon returning to her country, she probably would have remained in the States where she had built a successful career for herself. But staying back meant abandoning her mother, the one person who genuinely cared unconditionally for her. Taking a leave that was frowned upon by her bosses, she packs a bag and drags her fiance down to the deep rural parts of Delta State, in Nigeria. Her entire plan to take her mother back for proper treatment all blows up in her face when she arrives to find her mother's corpse with no reasonable explanation as to the cause of her death. Ready to sue everyone she could accuse, secrets buried many years ago begin to surface. Could she really escape her roots, go back home where there were no talks about dancing spirits or would it buy time until the sanction of madness and death caught up with her right there in America? What the young lawyer met in Nigeria would question her very existence and reveal truths that had only been told in folklores. With her fiance abandoning her to her fate, Juanita must fight to stay alive without running physically mad as her mother had done in the streets of Lagos. She would either succumb to the demons that chased her or blindly embrace love and faith with rocky foundations and no certain future. Based on the true story of a woman who lost her life to Igbe after her mother sought for a child from the goddess, this fictional tale tells of deities, spiritual powers, tradition, sacrifice, love and faith. Even till this day, the worship of Igbe is still in the hearts of Delta State and has many followers.