Daughter of a beggar
Episode 1
I just want to post my short
story Daughter of a Beggar
(unedited) for your pleasure.
Daughter of a Beggar
A romantic short story on a
love affair between a
Nigerian bus stop tout and
an Arab street girl beggar in
the city of Lagos seven years
ago. The events in this story
happened in 1998, in the
city of Lagos in Nigeria.
The sun is going westward.
The climate is calm.
Peripatetic Hadiyat is with
her family in the midst of
the other families of
itinerant Arab street
beggars under the flyover in
front of the National
Stadium in Lagos. There are
several yellow minibuses
and some motorbikes used
for public transportation at
the bus stop with the
drivers, conductors and the
menacing touts disliked by
everybody, except
themselves and their
employers. And they are
there, because of the
numerous commuters that
cannot avoid coming to the
bus stop, because it is a
central place for public
transport. There are so
many commuters thronging
the bus stop by the main
gate of the stadium. Some of
the commuters are sports
enthusiasts who come to
practice their respective
sports at the stadium, white
collar and blue-collar
workers and traders. Many
of the petty traders have
found enough space under
the flyover to sell their
goods. These commuters
are the targets of these Arab
beggars and looking at their
cheerful faces, they seem to
be happy with the
commuters who have been
kind and generous to them.
As one can see the beggars
accosting the commuters at
the bus stop, those inside
the buses and those outside
the buses and also going to
accost the people in cars
and other vehicles on the
road as they slow down on
getting to the bus stop or as
the traffic wardens stop
them at the junction of the
stadium. They all make a
colourful scene.
Episode 1
I just want to post my short
story Daughter of a Beggar
(unedited) for your pleasure.
Daughter of a Beggar
A romantic short story on a
love affair between a
Nigerian bus stop tout and
an Arab street girl beggar in
the city of Lagos seven years
ago. The events in this story
happened in 1998, in the
city of Lagos in Nigeria.
The sun is going westward.
The climate is calm.
Peripatetic Hadiyat is with
her family in the midst of
the other families of
itinerant Arab street
beggars under the flyover in
front of the National
Stadium in Lagos. There are
several yellow minibuses
and some motorbikes used
for public transportation at
the bus stop with the
drivers, conductors and the
menacing touts disliked by
everybody, except
themselves and their
employers. And they are
there, because of the
numerous commuters that
cannot avoid coming to the
bus stop, because it is a
central place for public
transport. There are so
many commuters thronging
the bus stop by the main
gate of the stadium. Some of
the commuters are sports
enthusiasts who come to
practice their respective
sports at the stadium, white
collar and blue-collar
workers and traders. Many
of the petty traders have
found enough space under
the flyover to sell their
goods. These commuters
are the targets of these Arab
beggars and looking at their
cheerful faces, they seem to
be happy with the
commuters who have been
kind and generous to them.
As one can see the beggars
accosting the commuters at
the bus stop, those inside
the buses and those outside
the buses and also going to
accost the people in cars
and other vehicles on the
road as they slow down on
getting to the bus stop or as
the traffic wardens stop
them at the junction of the
stadium. They all make a
colourful scene.
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