The Other Side of Truth Summary

The story starts in Nigeria, with the passing of Femi and Sade’s mother. She was executed byagents of the degenerate government, the â€Å"Brass Buttons†, to compel Folarin Solaja, thechildren’s father, to quit composing for Speak , an uncensored paper. The kids thenhave to escape the nation, where they are undependable. Their Uncle Tunde organizes themto be pirated to London, where their Uncle Dele lives, with Mrs Bankole. Their fathershould then go along with them there.However, rather than finding the sought after wellbeing, they areabandoned by Mrs Bankole in London, a bizarre city they know nothingabout. At the point when they are found by the police, they are placed into the consideration of Mrs Graham. Theymeet Jenny, Mama Appiah and Mr. Nathan, who attempt their best to help them by gettingthe youngsters briefly conceded in England, and by finding another temporary family forthem: Gracie and Roy King. Sade needed to deceive authorities about their name to no gether father into inconvenience, and the benevolence showed by the grown-ups causes her to feel guiltyabout her lies.She is likewise miserable about Femi’s sulliness, and feels achy to visit the family. Matters don’t enhance her first day in her new school; she feels lost in the Englisheducation framework, considerably less unforgiving and requesting with understudies than in Nigeria. Eventhough she discovers kinship and understandingwithMariam, a kindred displaced person, and MrMorris, the English instructor, she begins getting harassed by Marcia, and her pack. She isforced to take a lighter for them, for instance, in Mariam’s uncle’s store, somethingthat she feels exceptionally remorseful about.She begins fearing going to class, as she doesn’tknow how to manage menaces. At some point, Mama Appiah shows up at the house with uplifting news: she has discovered the children’sfather, who figured out how to get into England on account of a bogus identification. Be that as it may, he was puttaken to a Detention Center since he didn’t request political haven, since he was soworried about his kids. The Nigerian Police at that point declare that he is needed for themurder of his significant other. Urgent, Sade and Femi choose to attempt to meet a TV correspondent.